Let it happen (Tame Impala) (LP 4054 - 4055)

Tame Impala  Lonerism (Vinyl, Modular Records, 2012) ****  

Tame Impala  Currents (CD, Modular Records, 2015) ***  

Genre: Psychedelic pop 

Places I remember: The Warehouse, JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Elephant (Lonerism)

Gear costume: Let it Happen (Currents)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6

Active compensatory factors: The Beatles influence is vast! They have inspired, and continue to inspire so many musical groups and artists.

Lonerism's back cover picture of a boy alone in his bedroom surrounded by recording equipment and playing a Hofner bass says it all!

It's Tame Impala's second album. The band name is a vehicle for Aussie battler Kevin Parker, as Lonerism is written, recorded, performed, and produced by him (assisted by Jay Watson). The soundscape is wildly psychedelic in nature - taking its cues from The Beatles via Todd Rundgren.  

Currents is Parker's third album (he does it all on Currents). It signaled a change to more dance-oriented music (Let it Happen is an excellent example). My only problem is the lack of guitars and the prevalence of synths throughout Currents.

Where do they all belong? I should check out his debut - Innerspeaker.