Tame Impala: Headline Coachella week one. Catch them again Saturday, April 20

TAME IMPALA HEADLINES COACHELLA WEEK ONE PERFORMS NEW SINGLES “PATIENCE” + “BORDERLINE” OFFICIAL VIDEOS REVEALED HEADLINING COACHELLA WEEK 2, SATURDAY APRIL 20

Photo Credit: Neil Krug On Saturday April 13 Tame Impala played to a massive and spellbound crowd they headlined the first of their two Coachella slots.  They return to Indio on Saturday April 20. Coachella has now shared 3 videos from their transcendent set. Watch “Borderline,” “Apocalypse Dreams” and “New Person, Same Old Mistakes” here:

“Tame Impala pushed itself to match its position of notoriety on the bill in the band’s fourth time playing the desert festival...this time [they] stepped up the production values, filling the giant video screens with endless swirls of color, light and psychedelic images...Tame Impala stepped out amid whisps of stage fog, delivering a sound that was big but in another, more understated category...Led by singer-guitarist-mastermind Kevin Parker, the sound was more in the dreamy tradition of mid-career Pink Floyd...” - Los Angeles Times "...a psychedelic, dazzling set that spanned the band's nearly decade-long career." - Billboard “With their customary mix of dreamy vibes and anthemic energy, the Aussie musicians drew a myriad of Zoomers and Millennials of all persuasions, from random teens attempting to mosh, to affectionate couples channeling peace and love. Leader Kevin Parker brought it all back home with 2012’s ‘Elephant,’ inspiring a massive chant-along...right before playing the brilliantly funky banger, ‘The Less I Know The Better,’ amid trippy images of three-eyed aliens.” - Rolling Stone "Kevin Parker’s band has mastered the psychedelic light show live sets..." - Entertainment Weekly “They made the most of their high-production time slot complete with mind-bending visuals, confetti, and laser beams to accompany their signature hazy guitars and rippling vocals.” - UPROXX

Ahead of the festival, Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) released new singles, “Borderline” and “Patience,” both via Interscope Records. Parker debuted both tracks on Saturday Night Live on March 30. Watch Tame Impala perform “Patience” on SNL here. Watch Tame Impala debut “Borderline” on SNL here. In addition to Coachella, Tame Impala will headline Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, GA (May 5), Corona Capital (May 11), Boston Calling (May 25), Barcelona's Primavera Festival (May 31), Glastonbury (June 26), Splendour In The Grass (July 19-21), Lollapalooza (August 1-4) and more, with festival and headline dates planned throughout 2019. Full tour dates below. Early Praise For "Patience" & “Borderline” "Pounding major-seventh piano chords like Todd Rundgren, using conga drums to punch up and punctuate synthesizer arpeggios, and hinting at Michael Jackson in his melodies, he comes to the realization that he’s “growing up in stages/living life in phases.” It’s an honest part of a long-term evolution." - The New York Times ""Patience" kicks off with a languorous bit of piano-house, synth lines imported straight from '80s Italy, a congo roll — perhaps the ones pictured on the album art — and, of course, glimmers of starry-eyed psychedelics. It's immediately infectious. Parker asks, almost coyly, "Has it been that long? Did I count the days wrong?" Yes, Kevin, it's been a while — but when the pay-off is this luxurious, who's counting?" - NPR "“Patience” takes the sleek studio advances of Currents and leapfrogs further: If that album was where Kevin Parker went from a heady bedroom artist to the kind of songwriter and producer who shows up on a Rihanna album, then “Patience” shows him fully comfortable in his expanded horizons, reaching even further toward the stars." - Rolling Stone “The song’s deep groove and infectious melody quickly embed themselves in the listener’s consciousness, the kind of tune that is deeply familiar even after one listen. Tame are clearly tapping into new territory for the project, and the results are extraordinary.” - UPROXX "Tame Impala's latest is funky feel-good music that demands that thumbs are snapped and heads are swayed – first to the right, then the left. Close your eyes when zoning out to Kevin Parker's soaring voice that floats above your head and you'll see colors – the visible spectrum and so, so much more – smashing together, separating, mixing, and multiplying into shapes recognized and never before seen." - MTV

Tame Impala is Kevin Parker. His last album Currents (Interscope) was released in 2015 earning him a second GRAMMY nomination, RIAA Gold-certification and word-wide critical acclaim. The New York Times labeled it a "a tour de force" and Pitchfork said, "nearly every proper song on 'Currents' is a revelatory statement of Parker's range and increasing expertise as a producer, arranger, songwriter, and vocalist while maintaining the essence of Tame Impala." NPR noted, "[Parker] advocates for constant reinvention... That commitment to evolution helps make Tame Impala an unlikely but worthy candidate for major stardom." Hailing from Perth, Australia, he first toured the U.S. in 2010, playing small clubs for crowds of 200. A handful of trips to the U.S. later and thanks to the ravenous demand of fans for a transcendent live performance, Tame Impala has gone on to headline festivals and theaters around the world and released three full length albums - Innerspeaker, Lonerism and Currents. As a writer and producer Parker has collaborated with Travis Scott, SZA, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Kali Uchis, Theophilus London, Miguel, A$AP Rocky and more. TOUR DATES April 20 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - Indio,CA May 02 - Ascend Amphitheatre - Nashville, TN May 03 - ExploreAsheville.com Arena - Asheville, NC May 05 - Shaky Knees Music Festival - Atlanta, GA May 06 - St. Augustine Amphitheater - St. Augustine, FL May 07 - Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater - Miami Beach FL May 11 - Corona Capital Festival - Guadalajara, MEXICO May 25 - Boston Calling Festival - Boston, MA May 31 - Primavera Festival - Barcelona, SPAIN June 01 - We Love Green - Paris, FRANCE June 05 - Garden - Gotenberg, SWEDEN June 06 - NorthSide - Aarhus, DENMARK June 08 - 02 Arena - London, UK June 21 - Hurricane Festival - Sheebel, GERMANY June 22 - Southside Festival - Neuhausen ob eck, GERMANY June 24 - Empress Ballroom - Blackpool, UK June 26 - 3Arena - Dublin, IRELAND June 26 - Glastonbury - Pilton, ENGLAND July 19-21 - Splendour In The Grass - Wooyung - AUSTRALIA August 01-04 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL August 13 - Parkbühne Wuhlheide – Berlin, GERMANY August 09 - Flow Festival - Helsinki, FINLAND August 14 - Pukkelpop - Hasselt, BELGIUM August 15 - La Route Du Rock - Rennes, FRANCE August 16 - Lowlands Festival - Walibi Holland, NETHERLANDS Find Tame Impala here: tameimpala.com www.facebook.com/tameimpala www.twitter.com/tameimpala www.instagram.com/tameimpala