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February 14, 2020

Critics really like the new Tame Impala album

Australian psychedelic-pop wonder-man Kevin Parker has his fourth Tame Impala album 'The Slow Rush' out, and critics really like it. PopMatters goes philosophical in its review - "the record is the mark of a rare talent, and yet also someone who lives in both doubt and curiosity amidst his talent and success"; the Clash calls the album a "testament to the patient productivity and unrelenting creativity", similar to MusicOMH who praise Kevin Parker as "a true auteur, an artist who has moulded pop music to match his incredible vision", and the Skinny said Parker has "his own unique sense of time"; NME hears the album as a step into mega-pop with "exhilarating" results; Pitchfork says it's "an extraordinarily detailed opus" with an "internal tug of war within the Australian musician’s lyrics—between trying to better yourself and stay present, or succumbing to your own worst thoughts".