Tame Impala Proclaims New Album for October Launch
Deadbeat Due Out October 17 through Columbia Data
Sep 04, 2025
Images by Julian Klincewicz
Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has introduced a brand new album, Deadbeat, sooner or later after sharing the brand new track “Loser.” Deadbeat is due out October 17 through Columbia Data, his first for the label. Beneath is the quilt art work and its first two singles once more.
Deadbeat is Tame Impala’s fifth album and the followup to 2020’s The Gradual Rush. Parker labored on the album in his hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave Home in Injidup, Western Australia, recording within the first half of 2025.
A press launch hypes the album this fashion: “Parker sculpts a group of wickedly potent club-psych explorations as a automobile for a few of his most direct, brain-wormy songwriting thus far. The album is deeply impressed by bush doof tradition and the Western Australia rave scene, recasting Tame Impala as a sort of future primitive rave act within the course of.”
Tame Impala shared the album’s first single, the seven-minute dance observe “Finish of Summer season,” in July and it was considered one of our Songs of the Week (and Tame Impala’s first single for Columbia).
Yesterday he shared its second single, “Loser,” through a video starring actor Joe Keery. Kerry has appeared in Stranger Issues, Fargo, and Free Man and releases music as Djo.
Within the 5 years since The Gradual Rush Parker has saved busy with collaborations, producing different artists, and one-off singles.
In 2023, for instance, there was “Wings of Time,” a brand new track that was written for the soundtrack of the film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves. That 12 months he additionally collaborated with Justice and labored with Dua Lipa. And he joined up with Thundercat for the track “No Extra Lies,” which was considered one of our Songs of the Week, and was on the Barbie soundtrack.
In 2022, Tame Impala shared a remix of Elvis Presley’s 1970 track “Fringe of Actuality” for the soundtrack to the biopic, Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Additionally that 12 months, Tame Impala shared a collaboration with Diana Ross on the track “Flip Up the Sunshine,” which was featured on the soundtrack to the Minions: Rise of Gru movie. It was considered one of our Songs of the Week.
2022 additionally discovered Tame Impala collaborating with Gorillaz on the track “New Gold,” which additionally featured The Pharcyde’s Bootie Brown and appeared on Gorillaz’s album Cracker Island. “New Gold” additionally made our Songs of the Week listing.
Learn our 2015 cowl story article on Tame Impala’s Currents and our bonus digital interview with Parker.
