2012’s Lonerism was Tame Impala’s breakthrough, a forward-thinking work of psychedelia that sounds like the Sgt. In five years - since its 2010 debut album, Innerspeaker - Tame Impala has gone from being Parker’s one-man recording project to a world-conquering rock group.
But talk to Parker for a few minutes and you’ll find that he’s learning to play the part. slacker in search of some early-afternoon grits than a budding rock star. With his shoulder-length brown hair, Jesus beard, red scarf, tight blue jeans, and unassuming manner, the 29-year-old Parker seems more like a skinny L.A. “It’s like getting out of bed and going into the kitchen.” “It’s kind of like our dining room,” Parker tells me as we settle in at a quiet table in the rear of the restaurant. “It’s cheap and cool,” says Kevin Parker, the group’s boyish frontman, songwriter, producer, and benevolent dictator in town for an extended stay in April for both weekends of Coachella. years ago, and they’ve been coming back to Swingers ever since.
Surging Australian psych-poppers Tame Impala stayed at an adjacent motor inn on its first trip to L.A. It also happens to be the unofficial Los Angeles headquarters of one of the most exciting young bands in the world. diner - waitresses who look like Suicide Girls, upscale Waffle House fare on the menu.
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