Okay, so I've listened to Tame Impala's excellent new album Currents several times now. Like everyday, twice a day, since last Friday. I can say very confidently that it's a masterpiece. Kevin Parker has finally decided he no longer has to make albums that sound like they're being performed by a crusty crew of long-haired, bearded psych dudes jammin' on a weed and lager high. He's succumbed to the idea -or realization- that he himself is just as much a producer as he is a singer in a rock band. Since the beginning he's recorded Tame Impala records by himself, with the same old equipment, with the same idea in mind which is writing great, catchy pop songs. But he did so in a way where those songs could still be looked at as a band and not just Kevin Parker. Currents marks the point in Mr. Parker's musical career where he gave in to the idea that he's an amazing studio svengali that can manipulate sound and instrument into something that's both retro and futuristic. He needn't worry about creating the illusion of a "band" jammin'. Working with Mark Ronson must've given him the push he needed to fully commit to his studio and songwriting prowess. Sure, a broken heart always helps things along, too. This is his skewered pop epic. Currents is a classic pop record. A classic rock record. It's just a classic. The songs? "Let It Happen" is a nearly 8 minute kinetic, anxiety-soaked, dance track that pulsates urgency and the vibe of "when it happens, let it happen." There seems to be a million things happening in this song, yet it never feels overindulgent. It seems to encapsulate everything about Tame Impala that I've grown to love about them(or him.) "The Moment" could be a b-side from Thriller. I could so completely hear Michael Jackson singing this great track. All the studio trickery with delays, echoes, and ethereal synths are here, but Parker's voice is much more in the center and pulled up for us to hear. It's a much more clear-eyed approach to a Tame Impala tune that we haven't heard before. "Yes I'm Changing" is pretty much an all out ballad. A song about coming to grips with the idea we don't always stay the same. People grow apart and that's that. Parker has tinkered with sentiment before, but here he's embracing it completely. "Eventually" has an "It Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" vibe to it, if you threw in some 80s Genesis on top and coated it with some powdered sugar. One of my absolute favorite tracks is the sublime "The Less I Know The Better". For me, this song epitomizes a childhood of sitting in the backseat of my mom and dad's 1984 Honda Accord and those rides being soundtracked by early 80s FM radio. The electric piano, the wurlitzer, the disco-lite beat, and the falsetto are throwbacks to a time in pop music that is looked back upon as cheesy and processed; yet Parker seems to make it relevant and poignant. This song is about as perfect a pop track as they come. "Disciples" comes in and out of the speakers in less than 2 minutes but it's classic a classic psych rock guitar track. "Cause I'm A Man" is a skewed slow jam. THC-fueled R&B. "Reality In Motion" sounds like something Parker may have penned for Melody Prochet but decided to keep it for himself. "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" feels like a mantra put to stark pop bliss. It's slow, loping drum beat and intricately placed musical easter eggs make for some great headphone listening. Currents does something quite fantastical in that it takes the uncool and makes it cool again. Those cheesy electric piano sounds you heard in Richard Marx songs in the mid-80s? Well they're not cheesy anymore. Kevin Parker takes the uncool and makes it vital. Currents is a pop record from another dimension. A dimension where Kevin Parker co-wrote "Billie Jean" with Michael Jackson and smoked up with Alan Parsons. It's one of the best records of the year.

My niece was very happy with this album. Thank you!

When the singles came out, I played each one on repeat constantly. I listened to "disciples" 106x in one sitting on the day of its surprised release. The point is, Kevin is a master craftsman when it comes to writing addicting songs. Some songs are smothered in elaborate details, while others are simply a melody with little change. A purely enjoyable record. The first listen through, I was a bit disappointed; songs like "past life" and "reality in motion" left me almost embarrassed for Parker. After listening to this album dozens of times, I've grown to enjoy these songs and embrace them. "Love/Paranoia" is the only song I still fuss over. Why build and build this song to a peak with such beautiful grace and patience? Growing in balance and solidifying it with a perfectly crafted hook to close out the song, only to literally putter out during the guitar solo? Granted, Parker has never been a strong guitar soloist but he has shined in the past, and while on an album drawing from influences closer to Purple Rain than Revolver, he chooses to waste his perfect opportunity for what could have been THEE Tame Impala guitar solo with a sound expressed forth from what seems to be a limp guitar. Each time I hear this ending, I cringe just a little bit; as though he missed his next riff and allows his fingers to just give up before finding their groove. Enough criticism, overall the album still plays out as one of the greatest cross over albums ever, and simply in the top 3 for best album of 2015. If the record contained only "let it happen", I wouldn't change its rankings. But it doesn't, it's beautifully spaced by entrancing dance tracks and solid chill beats. Now during each listen, I usually play "Nangs" about 6x in a row until moving on. It's an immediate classic, just as easily as Lonerism and Innerspeaker are today. One last note: the complaints about heavy use of synthesizers... For all of you out there, have you ever actually listened to a Tame Impala album before? It's always been a key instrument. This time instead of taking a place alongside the bass or drums, it becomes the leading element. Psychedelics are about opening your mind, and psychedelic music is about the same thing. Instead of closing your opinion on what psychedelic music should sound like, why not grow with the change? "And If you don't think it's a crime, then you can come along... with me" - Kevin Parker

Listening to it rn, listen to it all the time, tame impala is so damn good. Great album with all hits. So so so good! I highly recommend.

Um dos discos mais influentes da história da musica moderna, Kevin Parker é um GENIO!

Un buen álbum 10 de 10 si eres fanático del artista lo único malo pero no malo es que es de cartón me de buen material es un estilo minimalista único y que decir del disco igual 10 de 10

17 year olds first vinyl ( Christmas gift ) ,I also enjoyed listening to this Australian group 👍

Exatamente o que esperava