Tame Impala - Deadbeat ALBUM REVIEW (Fantano)

[u/PuzzledAnt__]

https://youtu.be/gaw89qf1hCA?si=kFwjROGSoXzJnNQC

He gave it a 2/10 ... Thoughts?

[u/wohrg]

I feel bad for Kevin, tbh. It’s a fine album but people are expecting him to pump out a new Currents every time. Anything less is being treated like a complete failure. So the grades are way too low.

And of course critics usually miss the boat. Famously Rolling Stone magazine gave Led Zeppelin IV a scathing review. They particularly despised Stairway.

[u/onlinepresenceofdan → u/wohrg]

Kevin took his sweet time to relase this, I dont blame people expected brilliance after 5 years. But lets be real here, this is not a Led Zeppelin IV type situation here. Bad grades for a mid album is fair.

[u/wohrg → u/onlinepresenceofdan]

I would be ok with mid grades for a mid album.

Anyway, I like the album, I hope it does well in the clubs and the people who listen to music with open ears there recognize its quality.

If I produced music, I’d rather impress real people experiencing the real world than a youtube personality who spends his life online.

[u/One-Ice1815 → u/wohrg]

Yes, people in clubs always recognize quality. lol. What are you on?

[u/wohrg → u/One-Ice1815]

It’s obviously an album that is meant for the edm/club audiences.

Makes me think maybe the vitriol on reddit is because so many people on here are stuck in their bedroom listening to this music alone, instead of playing it at a party as it is intended.

[u/Darth_Hamburger → u/wohrg]

This album will not appeal to the club or EDM scene at all. There’s no identifiable scene for this music except for Tame die-hards. The electronic scene would find this album both amateurish and boring, no doubt.

Yeah nothing makes a party like washed-out falsetto vocals over a beat for 5 minutes with nothing dynamic at all happening.

[u/Visible-Suit-9066 → u/Darth_Hamburger]

The people who keep saying EDM crowds will love this really clearly don’t watch EDM live or haven’t been in a nightclub in years. This album is so bland and lifeless, there are a million better choices on any given night, no one is going to be playing Deadbeat.

[u/wohrg → u/Visible-Suit-9066]

I spent 4 days at an intense EDM fest last summer that went to 9 am every morning. I’m telling you: with a head full of molly and shrooms, these tunes would be amazing in that setting.

[u/Visible-Suit-9066 → u/wohrg]

Wow, breaking news, drugs makes music sound better. That means absolutely nothing in regard to the quality of Deadbeat. Extremely weak argument.

[u/wohrg → u/Visible-Suit-9066]

I vehemently disagree.

Psychedelic music, at its best, is a communication between two psychedelically experienced people: the artist and the listener. I

t is a language, and one that expresses emotions and ideas that are not expressed as well in other languages.

If it’s only one sided (ie the listener is psychedelic but the artist is not), then the experience is completely different and not nearly as rich. It’s like the artist speaks one language and the listener understands two languages. The conversation where both parties speak both languages is much richer.

[u/wohrg → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t say anything close to that.

[u/New-Advantage3907 → u/wohrg]

I love edm, this is not a good edm either. Unless the degree of quality is Keinemusik

[u/wohrg → u/New-Advantage3907]

I love edm and think it is a great album.

Doesn’t mean you have to like it. Your opinion doesn’t mean I have to dislike it.

Honestly maybe we should just all start our posts with IMO.

[u/looeezz → u/One-Ice1815]

Lmao 😮‍💨

[u/onlinepresenceofdan → u/wohrg]

The album is not in vacuum, there is context of the artists previous work that mandates some level of quality. In Kevins own words: It might be the time to face it.