After five long years, Tame Impala is officially back on the scene with his comeback single, titled “End Of Summer.”
The newly released track from the cult-favorite music project of Kevin Parker spans a total of seven minutes long, taking listeners on an auditory journey that weaves its way across genres — including house, electronic, trance, and ambient, with bouts of psychedelia sprinkled in at the track’s latter half. Though some may argue the track’s stark departure from his prior work, it undeniably ushers in a new era of Tame Impala’s artistry and breadth of exploration, making it the perfect song to spin by the beach or in the club.
Together with the track’s release, an accompanying visual narrative was also dropped online, directed by multi-disciplinary artist Julian Klincewicz. Previous teasers of the video showcased a couple together in the woods, right before a stranger walks up to them and rides off on their motorbike — all shot in night vision mode. Check out the full music video below:
“End Of Summer” marks the first solo musical release of Parker in five years (and his first under a new label, Columbia Records), following the release of his chart-topping album from 2020, The Slow Rush. The album spawned the hit singles “Borderline,” “One More Hour,” and “Is It True,” all of which have accumulated a total of over a billion streams altogether. However, it remains unclear whether his latest single serves as the first glimpse of his highly anticipated fifth studio album.
Though Parker didn’t release solo music over the last few years, he released various collaborations with several of his peers, including “New Gold” with Gorillaz and Bootie Brown, “No More Lies” with Thundercat, as well as “One Night/All Night” and “Neverender” with Justice. He also contributed to two blockbuster soundtracks, releasing “Journey To The Real World” for Barbie, and “Wings of Time” for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and contributed significantly to the production of Dua Lipa‘s third album, Radical Optimism.
Listen to Tame Impala’s new single “End of Summer” below: