Earlier this month, Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker shared a collection of studio images on Instagram with the caption “Been busy😉.” Naturally, hypothesis grew that new Tame Impala music was imminent. Now, Parker has launched the primary new Tame Impala track in years. The seven-minute “Finish of Summer season” serves as Tame Impala’s Columbia Data debut, and it comes with a music video directed by Julian Klincewicz. Watch the largely split-screen video under.
“Finish of Summer season” is the primary unaccompanied Tame Impala track since 2023’s “Journey to the Actual World,” which Parker made for Barbie. In reality, numerous Tame Impala’s current music has been made for films. There was “Wings of Time,” for the movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves; Parker’s remix of “Fringe of Actuality,” for Elvis; and “Flip Up the Sunshine,” a Diana Ross collaboration for Minions: The Rise of Gru.
“Flip Up the Sunshine” is only one of a handful of collaboration that Parker has made since 2020’s The Sluggish Rush. He did “No Extra Lies” with Thundercat, “One Evening/All Evening” and “Neverender” with Justice, “New Gold” with Gorillaz, and “Name My Cellphone Considering I’m Doing Nothing Higher” with the Streets. Parker has additionally made official remixes for 070 Shake, the Crowded Home, and Justice. As a producer and songwriter, he labored closely on Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism.
Earlier this 12 months, Parker gained his first-ever Grammy Award. He and Justice took dwelling Greatest Dance/Digital Recording for “Neverender.”
