Thursday, April 28, 2016

Classic Aussie Album of the Week | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker | The Facts


It's been great featuring one of WA's biggest exports all this week and their debut album from 2010 was a cracker. It concludes the month of all Australian music for a second month in 2016.

Australian music is at it's finest right now with Flume, Sia and Hilltop Hoods all in command of the charts. Tour wise Rufus, Violent Soho and a team of local acts on Australian and international festival line ups are killing it with festival sets.

Australians are also at the top of the electronic music game with producers like Flume, Anna Lunoe, Nina Las Vegas and more storming the Global obsession with EDM.

Now back to Tame Impala this debut album did not disappoint for the the 3 piece. The album was a huge hit with critics and fans alike.

FACTS:

1. The 11 track record was released in May, 2010.
2. All songs had Kevin Parkers signature name all over them.
3. The album reached number 4 on the Australian charts and number 5 on the Dutch alternative albums chart.
4. The album was nominated for three ARIA awards, won the J Award that year and Rolling Stones album of the year.
5. The album sold 35,000+ copies in Australia and feature 4 big singles.

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