Tame Impala, a psychedelic rock band based out of Australia that was created by multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. Parker initially started the band as a home-recording project, but the project would soon grow into much more. Tame Impala released their first album in 2010 titled "Innerspeaker". The album received decent reviews and garnered the attention of psychedelic rock listeners across Australia, but mainstream listeners in other countries had yet to find out about the rock outfit. One critique many critics had in common was the obvious influence of The Beatles on Tame Impala's sound. Overall the project lacked originality. The band's sophomore effort titled "Lonerism" was released in 2012. This album shot to the top of rock charts around the world with breakout hits including "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" and "Elephant". With this project Tame Impala proved to critics and fans that they did not depend on their influences for material and could create their own lane within psychedelic rock. With the success of their sophomore project, the pressure was on and expectations were high for their third album. This pressure would lead to a three year hiatus. Tame Impala would wait three years to release their third project "Currents" which was a step in a completely different direction then their previous efforts and somehow topped expectations. This album would be their largest to date featuring hits like "The Less I Know The Better" and "New Person, Same Old Mistakes". As expectations have reached an all-time high Kevin Parker and his band resorted to what is now a routine hiatus as fans wait for a follow-up album.
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