Finally, after waiting five years for an album from Tame Impala, otherwise known as Kevin Parker, the album The Slow Rush gets released. On February 14, the album was released as a follow up to the album Currents, released in 2015. Since the release of Currents, Parker had released three singles, Lost in Yesterday, Posthumous forgiveness, and Borderline that would later be on the album as a way of transitioning the listener from his last album, Currents, into the new one, The Slow Rush. 

Comparing the album to other music Tame Impala has produced in the past, It’s about the same. There are a few songs that stood out to me but overall the album was just a continuation of their past music, nothing better, nothing worse. Although I was disappointed by the similar-ness of almost every song, I enjoyed the massive level of creativity used in the songs conveying certain themes, messages, and events going on in Parker’s life. 

Songs like On Track, my favorite song on the album, display creativity and meaningfulness within the songs. The song On Track is supposedly about trying to stay positive even though it’s unrealistic at times. This would make sense due to the lyrics “But strictly speaking, I’m still on track. And all of my dreams are still in sight. Strictly speaking, I’ve got my whole life.” The background flowiness and space-like sounds make it perfect for their type of music.

   The confusing part about Tame Impala’s music is that it is hard to judge most of the songs because you can’t compare it to many other artists and bands. The feelings of dreamy and sonic sounds that are incorporated in his songs are not seen in many other songs. But this is part of what makes his music, his. 

So with that said, the songs On Track, One More Year, Borderline, and Lost In Yesterday seemed like they compared well with Tame Impala’s hit The Less I Know The Better, which is on the album Currents. Songs like Posthumous Forgiveness, One More Hour, Breath Deeper did not meet the standard of Tame Impala’s better music. 

Some of the songs seemed to drag on for hours and they began to bore me. With some of those songs, they had no factor of surprise or excitement because it was background music. It lacked the unique-ness the better songs on the album all had. Song after song they started to blend together. 

Looking at the album as a whole, I would say that the album was good for Tame Impala, but I only thought a few songs were incredible and the rest were just ok songs. They weren’t bad songs, but they weren’t good songs. The level of creativity and the focus on how the songs made you feel really made this album different from most.