It seems no matter what festival Tame Impala are playing, they’re one of the most talked-about bands on the bill and this year’s Glastonbury was no different, with the Kevin Parker-led project putting on an acclaimed set in front of tens of thousands of punters.
But if you asked Kev what the feeling of playing the songs he self-recorded in his home studio in front of scores of frothing fans was like, he wouldn’t be able to tell you. See, he can’t actually recall much of it.
Rock stars not being able to recall vast stretches of time isn’t anything new. Just ask… well, anyone of them really. According to Kev in a new interview with Q Magazine, his amnesia spans the period between arriving at Glastonbury and leaving the site.
“We got there on Friday afternoon and were there until Monday morning. I’m still paying the price,” he told Q Mag, via NME. Tame Impala played the festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage on festival Saturday, right before headliner Adele.
“There’s a good 36 hours after we played that is unaccounted for,” Parker said. “I suddenly came to and it was Monday morning. Mark Ronson is sending me photos of me at various times and I’m slowly piecing together where I was and what I was doing.”
According to Parker, he’s got a method for recovering missing time, eschewing tattoos and Polaroid photos in favour of Googling himself. “Part of my method is searching ‘#KevinParker’ on the internet and finding all the fan photos of me just like [makes popping sound],” he said.
“Did I go and see Adele after us?” Parker continued. “We’re entering into hazy territory here… We got off the stage and there were five bottles of Moët waiting for us. Monday morning was not good.”
Taking to Instagram recently, Parker revealed that Tame Impala’s latest album, the universally hailed Currents, is set to be re-released as a deluxe edition featuring B-sides to celebrate one year since the record was released.
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Since it was released, Currents has catapulted Parker and his project into the stratosphere, making fans out of the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and John Mayer, who recently took to Instagram to gush about the album.
“This is the best record of the past two or three years,” Mayer wrote. “Proven many times over in my mind. Think Radiohead 1996 [OK Computer]. Coldplay 2003 [A Rush of Blood to the Head]. Phoenix 2008 [Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix]. Melody heaven.”
“If I ever got broken up with by a girl for the guy in Tame Impala I’d be like, ‘I understand, and if you don’t mind, could you maybe bring him to a show of mine sometime?'”
