- 2025-10-24
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MUSIC
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Tame Impala Performs at NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Australian singer-songwriter Kevin Parker's psychedelic music project Tame Impala appeared on NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert to perform “Borderline”, “Loser”, “Dracula”, and “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”.
This marks the second time Tame Impala have performed on Tiny Desk Concert since 2020. But at that time, Kevin Parker performed gig from his quarantine, amid the Covid pandemic. This time, he visited the Tiny Desk for the first time.
Also, this time, the band delivered their first-ever all-acoustic performance.
The band features Kevin Parker on vocals/guitar, Dominic Simper on guitar, Jay Watson on guitar, James Ireland on ukulele, Julien Barbagallo on percussion, and Cameron Avery on bass.
“Borderline” was released as the lead single from the fourth studio album “The Slow Rush” in 2019.
“New Person, Same Old Mistakes” was featured on the third studio album “Currents” released in 2015.
“Loser” and “Dracula” were released as pre-release singles from his latest album “Deadbeat”, which was released on October 17, 2025.- Before performing “Deadbeat”, Kevin Parker said, “So, apparently I'm supposed to talk to you guys some point, but I don't really have much to say. As you know, our new album is out today, using the powers of time travel. Anyway, this is a song from it called 'Dracula', which we've never played in any capacity before, but we're going to give it a shot anyway.”
The new album “Deadbeat” comprises 12 tracks, produced by Kevin Parker. It is the first released his new label Columbia Records. -
Kevin Parker said of “Loser”, “With 'Loser', I guess it's like, we've all been that guy at least once. I feel like, that's all I have to say. So I think so it's kind of like, saying the name of the song. It sounds so like putting, but it's like the feeling of being. It's a song about feeling like a loser. It's not a song about being a loser.”
He said of “Dracula”, “It's kind of the oldest song from the album process. It's kind of one of the ones I started first. So, like, that's kind of that's like an example of one of those, the ones that started, that's this really raw, minimal way. And then just sort of like slowly expanded into pop. I kind of just give the song what it wants, like that one just wanted that big, sort of it wanted to be like a Max Martin song.” - source : NPR
