The last day in my special on Australian Music - Excellence in Australian Music Part Five and I am leaving one of the biggest Aus Music stars to the end. Kevin Parker and his gang Tame Impala.
Of course Tame Impala released their biggest album to date in 2015, Currents (more on that later), Parker also produced his third Pond record (which he used to be the drummer for) Man, it Feels like Space Again.
Kevin also was vocally behind three tracks on last years Mark Ronson record Uptown Special. Daffodils was clearly my favourite however the other two cuts helped to shape the full body of work that was Uptown Special.
Currents sold Gold in Australia and at the end of the year was the 28th album on the end of year album charts. It featured my favourite Tame Impala song in years "Cause I'm a Man" and gave the world a dance/indie gem in "Let it Happen" which was a 7 minute plus jam.
Tame Impala won 5 ARIA awards at this year's ceremony (the most for a band/group) and they took away the major gong, Album of the Year. They were Triple J listeners Album of 2015, Richard Kingsmill's third album of 2015 and made many end of year critics lists for best albums of the past year.
Kevin Parker is a perfectionist and a true trailblazer and definitely ends this week of celebrating Australian Music with a bang, well done Kevin, well done Tame Impala and well done Pond.
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