Tame Impala get an assist from Stranger Things star/musician Joe Keery in the video for their latest new song, “Loser,” which follows the release last month of the seven-minute, electro-driven “End of Summer.”
The clip was directed by KRISTOFSKI, who has worked closely for years on the visual side of Tame Impala with frontman Kevin Parker. In it, Keery is first seen attempting to apologize to an angry female friend who drives away in a huff before he proceeds to spend the rest of the day contemplating life while sitting outside a convenience store.
Both “End of Summer” and “Loser” are expected to be included on Tame Impala’s as-yet-unscheduled next album, their first for Columbia Records after several releases on Interscope. And while “End of Summer” was said to “recast Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act,” “Loser” rides a slinky guitar line atop a sexy, midtempo groove much more in keeping with the band’s vintage sound. “I’m a loser, babe / do you want to tear my heart out?,” Parker sings.
The as-yet-untitled new album will be the follow-up to 2020’s The Slow Rush, which was released just weeks prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parker previously debuted “End of Summer” in June during a Barcelona DJ set, and sources tell SPIN that a fresh round of touring with a completely redesigned stage show will take place in the months to come.
Parker will be back on the DJ decks for three early December shows in Australia opening for Justice, with whom he collaborated on the French electronic duo’s hit 2024 album, Hyperdrama.
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