I mean, that's kind of one of the whole things of it, being at peace with the idea of people hating it. It’s funny because that’s the song he ended up sampling for “Sundress,” which was like six or seven years later. And then I finished the whole album the next morning. “I just go to the studio every day and do my thing.”. That’s all that matters. Now Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has weighed in, and he’s a fan. I know producers release their stems and say, “OK, remix my shit,” but when you talk about “stems printing” — I didn’t realize that’s something that could be high or low quality. Ultimately, they opted to quarantine Down Under. There was four of us, really, ’cause it was BloodPop. We were particularly closed off. Because there’s zero second guessing. PARKER: Mark was producing the album, so he’s not into that as a format anyway. ‘Cause we played a medley of my song and another song, and the other song was one that John Mayer played on. "There's so much more I want to do but it has to be good. But this wasn’t that. A new tour is pending. Almost like a palate cleanser. Because we get together and I can sometimes just be in a giggly mood because I'm hanging out with Mark. It's important that they disagree with it. What's your role when you're in a room with, say, Mark Ronson? Which is different to making music that I think is good. I can’t speak for her, I don’t know. ", Back to the studio it went, to be reworked, polished, remixed and remastered, until he got it close enough to the platonic version that existed in his brain. And if they have a nice voice, it’s nice to hear what my songs would sound like if I was a good singer. I just suggest something on a whim and it happens. It was almost like karaoke. And then a short while after that I just decided to not get hung up about it. Something we both care about deeply is making relevant music. Apple Music's Zane Lowe speaks with Tame Impala frontman, Kevin Parker, about their new album, The Slow Rush. Let's start with an indisputable fact: Kevin Parker is not Jesus. Then, nothing. But I knew the rewards would be great. I heard a soundalike of “Someday” by the Strokes on the new Ricky Gervais After Life trailer. But he's definitely been reborn. Elsewhere in the interview, Parker also clarified whether Tame Impala is considered a band or a solo project. At the time of our call, he’s been more or less in his element, spending his days alone in the studio working on recording projects he’s not at liberty to discuss. Tame Impala、第63回グラミー賞ノミネート作収録楽曲のサイケデリックなMVが解禁 SPECIAL 特集記事 INTERVIEW インタビュー記事 Matt Fink ( Under the Radar ): The last time I talked to you, you explained that your songwriting process eventually breaks down over minute details that most listeners will never even be able to hear. PARKER: I don’t know, man. On the album, 'Borderline' has taken a new form, one closer to the version that had first materialised in Parker's mind. I'd wake up at nine in the morning and go until midnight and then go to sleep. But yeah, he used that song in his tour video, and we were told he was a fan. Pre-order it now here, Styling: James Sleaford | Styling assistant: Rosalind Donoghue, Grooming: Andrea Gomez Anzola using ClarinsMen. I wanted people to hear this hilarious version. Same emotion. STEREOGUM: With “Sundress,” was that strictly a sample, or did you have some creative input on that track? I can’t work on music at low volumes — it’s like, why am I doing this? I know it’s ruining my hearing, I’m damaging my hearing because I work at high volume, but it’s worth it because it carries you to the finish line of finishing music, loving the music more. I’m joking, obviously. Well, 'Is It True', weirdly enough. And also trying to find some way to harness that and use it as an energy. Have you done work besides, you know, massive international success? It was so much fun. I’m honestly not a great singer, but I do what I have to do to make it sound good. And then when I would be on my own, that's when I could finally start being creative.". I just thought it was hilarious. It can be extremely lame. He had his own room set up, and we’d be writing lyrics in one room and recording some music, and we’d send bits of music in to BloodPop’s thing, and he’d chop it up and sort of play around with it. Take 'Let It Happen', the breakout single from his breakout 2015 album, Currents. And I hate being stoned in public, right? A soundalike is a thing. Last December, Parker released 'Posthumous Forgiveness' as an album single proper, but before that there'd been a nearly seven-month gap when fans had heard nothing new. Not if I'm feeling good about it. He is, admittedly, on earth to spread a kind of salvation. There was him, alone. A band, in the time-honoured meaning. 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