Deadbeat

Back in 2019 I went and saw Childish Gambino at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The park was packing to the brim and all the way on the opposite side of the park was Tame Impala. In between some songs, you could briefly hear Kevin's hits as Gambino got ready for his next song. This summarizes my experience with Tame Impala. I have never been able to fully immerse myself in his style fully and this album is just further away from what I could fully enjoy. I hear his stuff around, and people seem to like it and sometimes I like a certain song or part but overall I find it almost disorienting to listen to. This album capitalizes on that. Lots of drawn out instrumentals, which is common for him, but I find a portion of them here rather annoying unfortunately. Hopefully this is just a stumble and not a sign of his future.