Kevin Parker Discusses “Creative Strain” of New Tame Impala Album

Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has opened up about the difficulties he faced during the recording of his new record, labelling it a “creative strain”.

Friday, February 14 will see Tame Impala release The Slow Rush, their first album since Currents in 2015, and one of the year’s most-anticipated records. Since the release of their last studio effort, Tame Impala has undoubtedly become something of a global phenomenon, with frontman Kevin Parker becoming an in-demand producer, and even headlining the 2019 edition of Coachella.

However, with the amount of pressure involved in delivering a suitable follow-up to the most popular record of his career, Parker recent explained in an interview with Mojo (via NME) that there were times that he wanted to throw up his hands and walk away from the project.

“The times when I wanted to get off the wave were really just when there was a creative strain,” Parker revealed. “Finishing an album is by far the hardest thing I have to go through because everything else is just work, you know?

As he continued, Parker explained that while he knew what he wanted The Slow Rush to sound like, the end result was far different to what he had intended.