Kevin Parker is taking the Deadbeat route.

The celebrated psychedelic pop artist and production wizard is lining up his fifth Tame Impala album, Deadbeat, for a global release Oct. 17th — his first through the Sony Music machine.

Deadbeat is inspired by the “bush doof” culture of his native, Western Australia rave scene, and recasts his ongoing art project as “a kind of future primitive rave act in the process,” reads a statement.

The second taste from Deadbeat is “Loser,” a track that’s accompanied with a music video directed by Kristofski and starring Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery (aka Djo). It’s the followup to lengthy electronic banger “End of Summer,” which arrived, fully formed, in July of this year.

“Loser” is a departure from those parties in paddock, instead taking us on a magic

See Full Page