Yes, you read that correctly. Our favourite Australian musical export, Tame Impala (AKA Kevin Parker) has a new album en route, after five long years of waiting. We've already been teased to the first epic dance-style singles, End Of Summer and Loser, and now the full tracklist is coming. Here's what you need to know.
When is Deadbeat being released?
Tame Impala's fifth full-length album, Deadbeat, will be in your ears on October 17. According to reports, it was recorded between Parker’s hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave House in Injidup, Western Australia in the first half of 2025.
What will it sound like?
Much like the first two singles, the album is rooted in the rich legacy of dance music — particularly bush doof culture in Perth's rave scene. The album is said to evoke the spirit of the acid house summer of 1989, the free parties of the mid-90s, and the bush doofs in remote outback clearings of WA. Lyrically, the record channels “an endless bummer, a self-deprecating fuck-up stuck in a negative feedback loop when he should have long had his shit together.”
Tame Impala began teasing new music back in July
The album's first single, a 7-minute long song called End of Summer, was teased through a series of Instagram posts made by Parker himself across Tame Impala's official Instagram and TikTok channels.
The first was cryptic photo series was dropped with the caption “Been busy". The images included shots from the studio, behind-the-scenes glimpses of DJ sets, and most tellingly, a whiteboard listing 13 tracks — all marked as “done” and “mixed.”
Next, came a silent video with only a set of emoji eyes as the caption, and earlier this week, a clip of what appears to be the new song in question, as well as the caption, "End Of Summer".
Listen for yourself, here:
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Then, there was a video of feet running across an abandoned train track, set to an electronic beat (there are no lyrics just yet), and one simple word: FRIDAY.
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And finally, we got a taste of what to expect. An infra-red video with the caption "Clear 7 minutes of your schedule."
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Adding to the mystery, Tame Impala fans discovered a hidden message on Tame Impala’s official website. Buried in the site’s code right now is the phrase: “iwaitedtiltheendofsummerandiranoutoftime”
