Interview with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
farrago2010Curious multi-coloured swirls adorned the cover of Tame Impala’s debut EP in 2008. It was a painting by lead singer Kevin Parker of the Orion Nebula – that strangely beautiful place, sometimes visible in the night sky, of churning dust and gas particles known as a ‘stellar nursery’. A place, quite literally, where stars are born. Whether intended or not, that cover has proven prophetic for the band who have since been signed by mega-label Modular, toured Australia with sold-out shows, are supporting MGMT on their upcoming US tour, and will return to play Splendour in the Grass later this year. It has been something of a meteoric rise for these Perth psychedelic rockers with their distinctive, retro-hued style. This month, the band released their LP, InnerSpeaker – voted one of Faster Louder’s most anticipated albums of 2010 – and the first single ‘Solitude Is Bliss’, into the cosmos.