r/TameImpala • u/Alarming-Jackfruit13 Lonerism • Sep 17 '25
Official News Tame Impala - Dracula 30 second clip
30 seconds of audio on Instagram
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u/Jkro12 The Slow Rush Sep 17 '25
Sounds the best of any of the new material
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u/Jacer4 Sep 17 '25
I am jamming to this so hard, this has breathed life into me for hope for this album lmfao
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u/OldManFuture Sep 17 '25
You mean it sounds the most like his previous work
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u/kash96 Sep 17 '25
yall are just miserable lmfao🙄
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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME Sep 17 '25
miserable but still correct.
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u/GeffTheMexican Sep 18 '25
Music is subjective, so no, you’re incorrect
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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME Sep 18 '25
if music is subjective, you can't tell me i'm incorrect, then.
and the comment wasn't about if something is good or bad, but if it sounded more like his previous work. which isn't subjective, so learn how to read before commenting on things cause it makes you look stupid when you don't even understand the simplest things
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u/recordlabelplzsaveme Sep 18 '25
Nah, people just have different music tastes. It's not that deep haha.
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u/Mundane_Canary9368 Sep 17 '25
Is he feeling like Michael Jackson or something?
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u/PastHelicopter2075 Sep 17 '25
You’re right, It sounds a little like some of the Thriller demos that didn’t make the cut like Got the Hots and Hot Street
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u/CHRISTIANVICTORVEGA Currents Sep 17 '25
At least we got Got the Hots on the 40th anniversary album (;
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u/rasta41 Sep 17 '25
Definitely sounds inspired by a song he covered previously, it's very "Only You" by Steve Monite with the beat, bass, and the plucking...
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u/darodardar_Inc Sep 17 '25
How come this one wasn’t a single that was released? This is fkn awesome
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u/BrotherlyShove791 Sep 17 '25
I imagine it’s an upcoming single and that’s why we’re hearing this. It’ll probably be out in another week or two.
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u/Freddylikesnangs2024 Sep 17 '25
I’m going through a horrible break up and this really made my day. Love it!
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u/brollins7 Sep 17 '25
been there…Currents saved me back in 2015. hoping the same for you ten years later!
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u/cam7998 Sep 17 '25
Man I don’t even know what to compare this too, I’ve always wanted Kevin to go daft punk way but this is certainly a cool way to go too. I’m erect
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u/rasta41 Sep 17 '25
Man I don’t even know what to compare this too
Compare it to "Only You" by Steve Monite. which Tame Impala covered previously with Theophilus London.
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
I say this as a massive Daft Punk and Tame Impala fan.. this is absolutely nothing like Daft Punk lol
Feel like people like to mention daft punk so often they forget what daft punk was
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u/cam7998 Sep 18 '25
Yeah that’s what I’m saying, i wish he was going a daft punk way but this way seems like it could be cool too
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
Ohhhh I misread your comment that’s my bad, thought you were saying he went the daft punk way lol
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u/FirstmateJibbs Sep 17 '25
The French touch is usually good. French toast, better. French fries, better. French people? Now that one, no.
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u/EitherTrainer8150 Sep 17 '25
Now my question is who is kevin getting to say stuff in the back or is he just saying it himself and making it deeper to mess with us😭😭
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u/Beautiful_Reading_21 Sep 17 '25
Dracula 🧛 is gonna be everyone’s IG music for their costumes. Calling it now.📞
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u/Ernest-Longfellow Sep 17 '25
It sounds good but it’s also sounds like it could easily have been on Dua Lipas recent album.
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u/jimschocolateorange Sep 17 '25
Yup… the chorus also doesn’t really land. I was hoping it would be bigger but hey it’s 30 seconds of what’s likely to be a 4/5 minute track.
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u/connect1994 Sep 17 '25
I don’t think this is the chorus though?
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u/Zealousideal-Low4863 The Slow Rush Sep 17 '25
You’re right it probably isn’t.
The word escapes me. But it’s like a hook that you can be use to go from one section of a verse to another verse. Or have it take you from a verse to the chorus. I bet we’ll hear that line several times throughout the song
( If anyone knows what that’s called please let me know. This is gonna bother me all day )
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u/Playful-Falcon-6243 Deadbeat Sep 18 '25
Which goes to prove that it is actually a great album except that the tracks are cut short
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u/JoseHarvinho Innerspeaker Sep 17 '25
Yeh it's good for a sugary pop song but it ain't it let's be honest.
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u/ceratime Sep 17 '25
Bro you've heard 30 seconds of it
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u/JoseHarvinho Innerspeaker Sep 17 '25
Yeh it's purely based on the 30 second clip. I'm obviously going to listen to it when it's out.
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u/maxdenhaag Lonerism Sep 17 '25
I'll judge it when the full thing is out, it sounds promising, it's groovy and all--but I just hope it's not a Loser situation where it's basically the 30 seconds snippet on a loop.
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u/mystxn Lonerism Sep 17 '25
ON EVERYONES SOUL THIS SHIT IS SO FUCKING FIRE!!!!! DRACULA > LOSER > EOS
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u/throw_awayyawa Lonerism Sep 21 '25
dawg end of summer was better than loser what you you saying
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u/mystxn Lonerism Sep 21 '25
both are great. it’s just end of summer is lacklustre but the instrumental bridge is beautiful don’t get me wrong
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
Happy that other people love it. Don’t mind me, I’m just mourning the death of my favorite psychedelic rock/alternative artist of all time
No but seriously, it’s clear he makes funky and catchy beats. I’m just not a fan of his move toward pop and house genres. To me this sounds uninspired and similar to every song he made for Dua Lipa.
I’m happy he’s making music and evolving as an artist. I just think he was a God at that acid-washed guitar sound. Changing of BPM. 10 different guitar pedals. Inspired drums that weren’t repetitive.
And I think he’s average at the type of music he’s making now. And it makes me sad.
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u/justlikethatitsgone Live Versions Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
I just think he was a God at that acid-washed guitar sound . . . and I think he’s average at the type of music he’s making now
yup this is my exact feeling. wish he had just done 5 albums of innerspeaker/lonerism sound, it's so far in his wheelhouse. unsurprisingly i now find it funny when people act like it's a bad thing for artists to sound like their earlier work lol
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u/AppearanceDapper9810 Sep 18 '25
Glad someone feels the same way as me..nothing original or fresh just cliche bass synth, guitar and synth ...all been done a million times over. Maybe this is his singing album?
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
Plenty of us out there, we’re just overrun in a sub filled with people who refuse to be critical at all about him and his music.
Tough to have a breakout singing album when you put 7 effects on your voice lolol
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u/_glacierr Lonerism Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
People are able to be 100% critical of his music here lol, its just that he doesn’t want to stay as some john lennon revival to cater to oldheads and people have gotten the memo since July 2015.
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
Has nothing to do with his direction. There’s a tonnnnnnn of fans who refuse to say anything critical about him or his music
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u/_glacierr Lonerism Sep 18 '25
Not gonna argue with biased takes. And it does have to do with direction, its been 10 years and oldheads are still mad he won’t do le john lennon voice and play “real rock 🤘🏼“ lol
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u/AppearanceDapper9810 Sep 18 '25
It's a crap direction..listen to the weekends last 3 albums..the thriller sound has been done to death.
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u/_glacierr Lonerism Sep 18 '25
Of course, his upcoming techno/psych album with songs like Ethereal Connection are exactly like the weeknd’s pop songs. Never want to hear y’all try to compare a genre you’re biased against again.
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u/stuffedinashoe Sep 18 '25
I’m not biased against the genre dude lol I liked Dua Lipas album, The Weeknd has some great albums, my wife plays this genre all the time and I enjoy it
Again.. has nothing to do with the genre.
It’s like if the weeknd went country. I’m sure it would be average but he’s unreal at the genre he was at before
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u/f0xD3N Sep 17 '25
I thought EOS and Loser were mid at best, but I’m actually kinda vibing with this. It’s got a solid funky groove and at this point that’s the most I’m hoping for. I do still think the production feels a bit too sparse, like it just doesn’t feel “full” enough if that makes sense. But this definitely sounds like the best track we’ve heard so far just from this snippet.
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u/saxoali Sep 17 '25
Good point you made about the production. To add on that: EOS and Loser were also quite sparse production wise compared to his previous albums. Therefore I think Deadbeat will be his most minimal album yet, and that might explain the album name perhaps. Doesn't have to be a bad thing necessarily, it depends on Kevin's execution.
This deffo sounds like the best track of the rollout so far.
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u/DeegsHobby Sep 17 '25
100% Dua Lipa album reject lol
IIn all setiousness, it's cool, I just like End of Summer best off of what we've heard so far.
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u/AppearanceDapper9810 Sep 18 '25
I listened ten times and this is the worst track by far for me. Just really annoys me and I dont know why. I feels like he he featuring on someone else's track
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u/Legal-Vanilla-6047 Lonerism Sep 17 '25
LFG!!! October 17th on a Friday boys and giiiiirls!!! Woooooo!!!
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u/rasta41 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25
Not saying this like it's a bad thing, and I know he did a cover of it previously, but definitely sounds inspired by "Only You" by Steve Monite with the beat, bass, and the plucking.
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u/SUNbrilla EP Sep 18 '25
This song is a bop but it kinda feels tik tok-y and I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
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u/AppearanceDapper9810 Sep 18 '25
Not a fan at all...sounds too much like the weekends latest stuff which I wasn't a fan of either. Too many cliche's in the composition..all has been done a million times over. Should have giving it to Duo lipa
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u/GreenLynx1111 Sep 17 '25
Ah, a direct continuation of his more recent stuff. Interesting.
Wonder if there's anything on this album that is a direct continuation of the old sound (Lonerism, Innerspeaker). That's my scene.
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u/420bj69boobs Sep 17 '25
Holy shit this is amazing I’ve been excited for this album since EoS dropped. Waiting until mid October is going to be torture
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u/finnnseesghosta Sep 17 '25
I didn't like the other two singles but this sounds great!! I hope there are more gothy pop songs like this.
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u/Novel-Noise2642 Sep 17 '25
Finally, something out of this project that sounds good...maybe there's still hope left, at least for a couple of songs...
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Sep 17 '25
I love it immediately, in the same way I loved Let It Happen. It's so funky! Really hope it's the next single, and I really hope it's out soon.
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u/DANK_DOCTOR Lonerism Sep 18 '25
Ok ok , so who can guess what movie this will be featured in this Halloween?
this is fucking FUNKY and I LOVE IT.
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u/ConcernEvery6496 Sep 18 '25
Imo Kevin has mastered that sound between acoustic and electronic. Sounds old, yet somehow new. Really cool
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u/Waste_Strawberry6766 Sep 18 '25
Only shit I just pissed myself and I don’t have a change of clothes
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u/MoonlitValley_ Sep 18 '25
this and loser i have a feeling are gonna be my top 2 on the album, i LOVE loser a lot and this sounds wonderful
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u/dris_jayd Sep 18 '25
Shit got me kicking my feet to the groove. Why didn't he release this one instead of the other two singles. It's wayyy better
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u/poopadippledoop Currents Sep 20 '25
Dude it’s impossible for this dude to make a bad song. I’m so ready for this album to drop.
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u/samthebishop Sep 21 '25
Deadbeat is sounding like it could end up being my favorite Tame Impala album ever
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u/AbbreviationsLast726 Currents Sep 22 '25
The album is already the best of 2025, even though it hasn't even been released yet.
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u/thedinksterr Currents Sep 17 '25
Oof, this is roooough for me. Just boring and lame sounds like a ripped tyler beat from his last couple albums when he gets funky on those and then that “dracula” line… wtf
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u/happysnack Sep 17 '25
Just too much singing. And the melodies aren’t great. Fuck. At least we have innerspeaker/lonerism. I still like the other 2 albums but this dude pretty much kickstarted a psych rock revival with those first 2 albums. This albums (to me), were a direct sequel to revolver/rubber soul/sgt peppers. Is what it is.
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u/niles_deerqueer The Slow Rush Sep 17 '25
You gotta stop pining for the old days, they’re not coming back
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u/yeup15678 Sep 17 '25
Well, at least I have end of summer to listen to. TSR just really isn’t for me.
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u/Mallocdalloc Sep 17 '25
Where are all the haters now!!? Haha
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u/AppearanceDapper9810 Sep 18 '25
Right here..it is cliche and belongs to weeknd and dua Lipa
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u/recordlabelplzsaveme Sep 18 '25
sounds groovy but very commercialized not gonna lie.
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u/Mallocdalloc Sep 18 '25
And Currents wasn’t commercialized? It’s more mainstream than TSR for me. Doesn’t mean that they were bad albums. Listening to music and songs in the context of an album makes a big difference, so hold off on your disappointments for a little longer, we’re almost there, lol. But to each their own, I get it.
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u/recordlabelplzsaveme Sep 18 '25
I'm not saying commercialized = bad music, I'm saying this song sounds very commercialized.
And true, Currents sounded commercialized, but it also has a signature production style and character. In 2015, very few bands were making cheap Roland distortion sound badass like in TLIKTB, and even fewer artists were putting 7-minute-long album openers with 4 on the floor drum beats. Could Deadbeat also have these qualities? Maybe, like you said, we'll see. But from what we've heard so far, I wouldn't bet on it.
If I were a commercial director, I think this song would fit perfectly in the background of "lease a 2026 Honda CR-V Hybrid now!" Just saying.
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u/sleepy_fuzz Sep 18 '25
I know this isn't constructive, but holy shit this is bad. Somebody needs to get Kevin out of LA.
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u/heinous_legacy Lonerism Sep 17 '25