![]() ![]() (The titles of the first two Tame Impala albums, 2010’s Innerspeaker and 2012’s Lonerism, speak volumes about Parker’s creative process and personality.) In an interview around the time that Innerspeaker was released Parker professed a love for “the kind of music that’s, like, the result of one person or a few people constructing an awesome symphony of sound. Front man perhaps connotes something too extroverted to describe his role in the band he’s more of a sonic architect, constructing soundscapes in his studio and then later bringing on some touring members to air the material live. Tame Impala - named for the antelope, not the Chevy - is essentially one guy, 29-year-old Kevin Parker from Perth, Australia. Which means it’s a funny time for Tame Impala, the most beloved psych-rock band in years, to release a dance album. But whatever the reason, 2015’s proving to be a trippy year. Who’s to say why this is happening - maybe the imminent legalization and subsequent de-edgification of weed has self-aware rebels scrambling for higher (and slightly more illegal) ground. All the while, Miley Cyrus has been making a record with perennial space cadets the Flaming Lips - when she’s not posting to the world’s most hallucinogenic Instagram feed. Not long ago, pretty-boy Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky released his bona fide acid album, At.$AP, a groggy but blissed-out odyssey featuring ambling, gently warped tracks like “L$D.” (That’s not to be confused with Chance the Rapper’s aptly titled 2013 mix tape Acid Rap, which also warrants mentioning.) Then, in June, Miguel put out his bold Wildheart, a swirling, sprawling exploration of psychedelic, guitar-driven R&B. Psychedelia is, once again, having a mainstream musical moment. ![]() (The largest week for a vinyl album in the Nielsen era was logged by the debut week of Jack White’s Lazaretto in 2014, with 40,000 sold.Tame Impala’s “‘Cause I’m a Man” music video. ![]() ![]() The set sold just under 26,000 vinyl copies - the seventh-biggest sales week for a vinyl album since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began tracking music data in 1991. The Slow Rush was also a hot seller on vinyl LP, as 32% of the album’s first-week sales were generated by its vinyl configuration. (The Slow Rush’s sales were goosed by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the act’s upcoming tour, as well as a handful of merchandise/album sale bundles sold via its webstore.) Further, The Slow Rush logs Tame Impala its best sales week for an album, trumping the 45,000 first-week sales of Currents. 3 with 110,000 equivalent album units (with 80,000 of that in album sales). Tame Impala achieves its highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as The Slow Rush bows at No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Changes' ![]()
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