Album Spotlight: "Currents" By Tame Impala

     I know I said this blog wasn't going to do album reviews, and don't worry, it still isn't. "Spotlights" is a new section i'll be doing whenever I hear an album I feel deserves to be brought into the public eye and ear. I'll be giving a quick rundown of what the album sounds like through bullet points and things that give off the feelings that resonate from the record. I don't like trying to force music on people, and i'll never be the guy that goes "If you don't like this, you don't like music" or anything like that, because music is a personal taste. I like to think this format is a good way to suggest new music without being the hipster douche bag who judges you based on whether you buy music on vinyl or not.

So without further ado, a recent album i'd like to give a spotlight to is Tame Impala's "Currents".

- Genres: Psych-pop, synthpop

- Serious groove on this record. Some of the basslines can give you whiplash due to how hard they'll make you bob your head (ex's: the second half of "Let It Happen", "The Less I Know The Better")

- Tame Impala's signature use of trippy effects *gestures at monster voice in "Past Life"*

- Themes: Finding one's self, breakups

- Sample lyric: "I know that I'll be happier, and I know you will too"

- Similar albums: "Fragile" by Yes (1972), "Oracular Spectacular" by MGMT (2008)

Personal opinion: Solid record. A bit uneven with some songs that sound unfinished (Disciples), but there's enough super catchy songs to make up for it. I think I still prefer Tame Impala's previous album "Lonerism" over this but "Currents" is still one of my favorite albums of 2015 so far.

What "Currents" sounds like in a picture:

What I look like while listening to "Currents":