Photo via @TameImpala on IG
As COVID numbers continue to drop down under and community spread remains under control, Tame Impala revealed a new “Tame Impala Sound System” show in Perth, Australia this weekend, playing a pair of sold-out shows for music fans.
“Wielding their overflowing arsenal of synths, sequencers and samplers to rework and reimagine tracks from the Tame Impala discography and beyond, Tame Impala Sound System is a pulsating, fully live and organic, free-flowing digital jam out,” reads an official description from the band. (Parker previewed the Tame Impala Sound System on his recent Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.)
And, indeed, bandleader Kevin Parker showed off the new setup with a slew of new cuts – off 2020’s The Slow Rush – as well as some unexpected covers.
Setlists from March 5 and March 6 were identical, with Tame Impala opening with Lonerism tracks “Apocalypse Dreams,” “Enders Toi” and “Keep on Lying.”
After Currents‘ “Nangs,” the first The Slow Rush song arrived with “Borderline” and Parker and company even covered frequent collaborator Mark Ronson with “Daffodils.”
Live debuts from the evening included Currents B-Side “Powerlines” and the very brief “Gossip.”
Other surprises arrived with the band’s first “Beverly Laurel” since 2014 and a late-set segue into AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.”
“Grateful for what we get to do in Perth,” Parker wrote after the two-night run.
Read Relix‘s 2020 Tame Impala cover story here.
Check out the full setlists below:
Tame Impala
March 5, 2021
Metro City Concert Club, Perth, Australia
Apocalypse Dreams, Endors Toi, Keep on Lying, Nangs, Borderline, Daffodils, Patience, Breathe Deeper, Powerlines^, Music to Walk Home By, Gossip^, One More Year, Beverly Laurel*, Reality in Motion, Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?, Thunderstruck, Let It Happen, Is It True, Glimmer, The Less I Know the Better
Notes:
^ Live Debut
* First since 2014
Tame Impala
March 6, 2021
Metro City Concert Club, Perth, Australia
Apocalypse Dreams, Endors Toi, Keep on Lying, Nangs, Borderline, Daffodils, Patience, Breathe Deeper, Powerlines, Music to Walk Home By, Gossip, One More Year, Beverly Laurel, Reality in Motion, Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?, Thunderstruck, Let It Happen, Is It True, Glimmer, The Less I Know the Better
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