Tame Impala Unveils New Tunes On ‘Sound Check’

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.

Tame Impala unveils three songs from its just-released album, Deadbeat, as part of the first installment of the new live video series Sound Check at Cherry Lane Theatre. Filmed at the A24-owned New York venue, the episode sports the live debut of album opener “My Old Ways” plus the pre-release singles “Dracula” and “Loser.”

With Tame Impala’s first tour since March 2023 about to begin next week, fans can get a sneak preview of the Kevin Parker-led group’s current live setup in the Sound Check video, which finds Parker encircled onstage by guitarist/keyboardist Dominic Simper, guitarist/keyboardist Jay Watson, guitarist/keyboardist/percussionist James Ireland, keyboardist/percussionist Julien Barbagallo and bassist Cameron Avery.

The three-song set was directed by Sean Durkin (The Iron Claw). After “Dracula,” one of the musicians says to Parker off-camera, “good harmonies. Did you do a wrong lyric in one of the verses?” “I fucked up,” Parker admits.

Deadbeat is the follow-up to 2020’s The Slow Rush and is expected to debut in the upper reaches of the Billboard 200 this week. After Tame Impala’s fall shows conclude Nov. 17 in Los Angeles, the group will be back in action with a spring tour of Europe and the U.K., beginning April 4 in Porto, Portugal.

Parker will also be on the DJ decks for three early December shows in Australia opening for Justice, with whom he collaborated on the French electronic duo’s hit 2024 album, Hyperdrama.