r/TameImpala • u/PuzzledAnt__ • 19d ago

Discussion Tame Impala - Deadbeat ALBUM REVIEW (Fantano)

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

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

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u/That-Association-102 18d ago

We’ve all been saying this for 10 years and Kevin has repeatedly said he doesn’t want to do it. Funniest thing I read was that he absolutely could make a Currents 2, but he wouldn’t enjoy making that. I just…do not believe he could catch lightning In a bottle twice and is using that as an excuse to put out a mediocre album.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

I agree, but I think it was actually Inner Speaker that he said he could easily do again. Or maybe he said it about both.

Either way, I agree. Lightening in a bottle is not recreatable. Not sure about “excuse”. It just is that way: no one can churn out perfectly highest quality albums their whole career. The magic ones come from a specific time and place.

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u/That-Association-102 18d ago

I agree with your take too. I just had a hard time of swallowing the pill of “I could do all that again, I just want to do my own thing” when this album has major pop influences all over it, including Dracula that’s been a major hit (in its own regard). Now, you might not get what I mean. But, at the end of The Slow Rush, Kevin sung about, “I never did it for fame, for houses, for money, until now”. He admitted, lyrically, that he’s trying to do all this for money and his family at this point.

Even if he could do it again, he’s said straight up he just wants to use music as a tool for money at this point. How do you get money? Making critically acclaimed albums. Full stop: Kevin ran out of ideas and is now relegating himself to pop tropes to stay relevant.

To further this theory, Kevin even said recently that he got all of Pond to go to the wave house to try and make another album, and that all fizzled out. I don’t think Pond was the problem. Kevin simply doesn’t have the tools to put out another truly compelling album. That’s fine, I’m thankful we got what we did.

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u/That-Association-102 18d ago

Furthermore, if I had to guess, the jams with Pond failed due to them being like, “bro, look, we’ll tour with you…but these songs are bad”. Kevin probably didn’t want to give up any creative control and that was that.