The two founders of Tame Impala are Kevin Parker (vocals/guitar) and Dominic Simper (bass). They toyed with bedroom recordings of their psych alternative sound from 1999 to 2007. Then they discovered Myspace. They posted their songs, it struck a nerve with a young audience and soon enough Tame Impala became a highly sought after band. In 2008 they were the prize in a label bidding war, and eventually signed to Modular.
They released an EP in September 2008 and then their full-length debut in June 2010 . The blogosphere has shown plenty of love to these Aussie's rockers, Pitchfork gave them their stamp of approval with a Best New Music, and several smaller blogs have jumped on board as well. They opened up for The Black Keys and MGMT this year, and their popularity only seems to rising. It's amazing what a recycled sound can do these days.
