Album 3

Tame Impala InnerSpeaker

At first thought, InnerSpeaker seems like recycled material from the late 60's mixed with art-rock from the 00's, the result of this combination sounds very bland normally, but Tame Impala have researched exactly what features need to be incorporated to make these sounds work together. The most noticable features of the record are the massive amounts of reverb on the vocals and psychedelia, which is produced by the swirling guitar sounds and chaotic jams. Influence could be derived from bands such as The Beatles, with the simple vocals, to Wolfmother to the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The basic 4/4 rhythm and pop influences keeps this band back from being a psychedelic prog opera, which is arguably a good thing because their tracks (particularly non-singles) could already be regarded as self-indulgent jams (Reference: "Jeremy's Storm"). The dynamics play a big part in these songs as they break up different sections of the same hook effortlessly by building up noise. The ending of "Expectation" is a prime example.

Another key feature to this album is that not matter how many times you listen to it you could be fooled that it was recorded 30-40 years ago, which requires not only great musicianship, but great engineering. With recording music being completely different from what it was back then, it's hard to emulate the gritty guitar, heavy rock as well as modern production methods to reinforce the polished finished product. An example of this is the sound of the tom when there is a particularly tom heavy drum fill.

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