Tame Impala Channels Australian Rave Culture On New Album ‘Deadbeat’

Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) announced he will release his eagerly anticipated fifth full-length album, Deadbeat, through Capitol Records on October 17. Parker shared the news after giving fans two tastes of the LP by dropping the funky “Loser” yesterday and the expansive “End Of Summer” in July.

Kevin Parker mainly recorded the follow-up to 2020’s massively successful The Slow Rush, and his debut full-length for Columbia Records, during sessions held in the first half of 2025 in his hometown of Fremantle, Australia and at his Wave House studio in Injidup, Western Australia. Parker initially conceived the project in various locations over the last few years.

The music on Deadbeat is said to be “deeply inspired by bush doof culture and the Western Australia rave scene, recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process,” as per a press release.

“Deadbeat sounds like the work of an artist with a leveled-up mastery, crafted with a newfound embrace of spontaneity for the renowned perfectionist. How that manifests is a distinct minimalism and crunch, with timbres and textures that add an ineffably new dimension to the sound, as well as a richer, more playful vocal range than ever,” according to the press release.

The forthcoming record is currently available to pre-save on major streaming services. Vinyl variants can be purchased through the Tame Impala webstore.

Watch Tame Impala’s “End Of Summer” and “Loser” videos below to get a feel for Deadbeat: