Tame Impala

Album of the Year 2015 Number 13. Much has changed since Tame Impala first emerged with an EP of dusty home recordings in 2008. By and large, Kevin Parker's approach to recording has not, though the sound coming out of his home studio has vastly expanded, as has the number of people anticipating the fruits of his labor.

Tame Impala's third album is titled Currents, and on it Parker addresses a blindingly colorful panorama of transition in the most audacious, adventurous fashion he's yet to capture on record. Dense with heady lyrical introspection, musically the most playful, bold, and varied Tame Impala record to date, Currents is Parker putting down his weapons and embracing change as the only constant - sonically, thematically, and personally.