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His appetite for guitar experimentation-powered by an arsenal of reverb, phaser, delay and fuzz pedals-made his 2010 debut album, InnerSpeaker, one of the year’s standout indie releases. “The idea of doing what I’m already good at is boring because it’s always gotta be a little bit frightening.” That fear has been a powerful motivator for Parker, who started Tame Impala in 2007 from his Perth home. “I’m the most creative when I’m uncomfortable,” Parker told Apple Music. The brainchild of Australian musician Kevin Parker, the band have served as both a blistering and blissed-out exercise in expansion-of sound, space and the mind. Tame Impala have transformed psychedelic rock-and 21st century pop-in such an impactful way that even Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Kanye couldn’t resist their influence.
