Tame Impala have shared comeback single “End of Summer”.
The official release follows a cryptic teaser that appeared on the band’s socials earlier this week, featuring the demanding caption: “Clear 7 minutes of your schedule.”
The accompanying clip showed a couple amorously embracing in the woods, before a stranger walked up and rode off on their motorbike. “End of Summer — Friday” was then displayed across the screen, with typically psychedelic-meets-electronica music playing underneath.
And now here we are. “End of Summer” is Kevin Parker’s band’s first new music since 2020 album The Slow Rush. It’s Tame Impala’s first recording for new label Columbia Records.
“End of Summer” pushes Tame Impala’s sound into deeper dance territory than ever before, harkening back to the acid house of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Listen below.
A short form visual narrative to accompany the single is on its way. Directed by multi-disciplinary artist Julian Klincewicz, the clip is set to drop at 2pm AEST.
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It’s currently unclear if “End of Summer” will lead a new Tame Impala album, although it’s more than likely. Another teasing social media post earlier this month, with the simple caption “been busy,” depicted Parker in a variety of recording spaces, DJ sets, and more. The most teasing part, though, was the final image in the carousel, which showed a recording progress chart.
It’s been five years since their last record, The Slow Rush, won five ARIA Awards and earned multiple Grammy nominations.
In other band news, Tame Impala will perform a DJ set at Justice’s upcoming Australian arena shows this December.
The French duo recently took home the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Neverender”, which featured Parker — though their creative relationship stretches back much further than that.
“We found out about Tame Impala in the late 2000s,” Justice told Rolling Stone AU/NZ recently. “When we were coming to Australia, we used to hang with the people at Modular.” A pre-release copy of “Elephant” landed in their inboxes ahead of Lonerism’s 2012 release, with an offer to remix the track. “Without exaggeration, we were blown away,” they added. “It was such a perfect track that we told the label, ‘Sorry we can’t do this, we’re only going to make it worse.’”
Tame Impala’s “End of Summer” is out now.
