Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker just wrapped up a lengthy Reddit AMA, which he causally ended by dropping a new Tame Impala song “Disciples” into the conversation.
The spacey new track will feature on Tame Impala’s highly anticipated third album “Currents” and follows previous singles, ‘”‘Cause I’m a Man” and “Let It Happen”. The album follow’s Tame Impala’s worldwide critically acclaimed “Lonerism”, which they released in 2012.
Parker dropped a link to the short track, which runs for just 1 minute and 48 seconds, after telling fans he was waiting for them to ask for a new song. They obliged and so did he. Have a listen below.
The title of the track is an apt one, given that during the AMA Parker was asked what he thought about being “Australia’s answer to Jesus” with his “disciples” being the likes of Pond, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Peter Bibby, D.D Dumbo, Gum and Shiny Joe Ryan.
While that scenario would make for a killer “Last Supper” parody image, Parker’s response was a little more humbling. “I hope you don’t actually think that,” he said, probably as Jesus would.
Parker recently revealed he recorded over a thousand vocal takes for Tame Impala’s ‘Cause I’m a Man. The lyrics of the track are intended to be a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of how “pathetic” men are, and in delivering those lyrics Parker says he is pushed beyond his comfort zone.
“I’m really putting myself out there vocally more than I have before. I usually bury my vocals and sing quite ethereally and stick in a laser beam melody washed in reverb,” he said.
Tame Impala will return to Australia soon as part of the massive Splendour in the Grass 2015 lineup.
