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On October 17th, Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) will release his fifth full-length album, Deadbeat via Columbia Records. On it, Parker sculpts a collection of wickedly potent club-psych explorations as a vehicle for some of his most direct, brain-wormy songwriting to date. Today, he shares the new single, “Dracula” as well as the video directed by Julian Klincewicz. Listen to “Dracula” HERE and watch the video HERE:
Tame Impala will kick off his first tour in support of Deadbeat on October 27 in Brooklyn, NY. The show is newly added to the U.S. run alongside additional dates in Oakland and Los Angeles following overwhelming ticket demand. All dates are listed below and tickets are on-sale HERE. Today, Tame Impala has also announced a major UK and EU tour starting spring of 2026. Full tour dates are below.
Tame Impala has so far teased the album with “Loser” along with a music video directed by Kristofski and starring Joe Keery, as well as “End of Summer,” a sprawling 7-minute epic that harkens back to the acid house summer of ’89, to free parties of the mid-90s, to bush doofs in outback paddocks – to an imagined history, transmuted into something simultaneously present and eternal, still unmistakably Tame Impala. The track arrived with a short-form visual narrative directed by multi-disciplinary artist Julian Klincewicz.
Parker recently revealed the12-song tracklisting for Deadbeat which is available for pre-order now HERE. Fans can purchase two web-store exclusive vinyl color-variants available HERE. Variants include an Urban Outfitters exclusive color vinyl, and an Indie Record Store exclusive color vinyl. Limited amount of numbered cassettes to be exclusively sold at Brooklyn Vegan and Alternative Press.
Deadbeat is deeply inspired by bush doof culture and the Western Australia rave scene, recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process. Conceived in various locations over the last few years, the album was largely galvanized between Parker’s hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave House in Injidup, Western Australia in the first half of 2025. Deadbeat sounds like the work of an artist with a leveled-up mastery, crafted with a newfound embrace of spontaneity for the renowned perfectionist. How that manifests is a distinct minimalism and crunch, with timbres and textures that add an ineffably new dimension to the sound, as well as a richer, more playful vocal range than ever.
Lyrically, Deadbeat has Parker channelling an endless bummer, a self-deprecating fuck-up stuck in a negative feedback loop when he should have long had his shit together. After going macro on The Slow Rush’s (2020) examination of time, Deadbeat focuses on the nuanced minutiae of the emotional quotidian. Dosed in tandem with the music’s euphoric and body-moving urges, Deadbeat pitches raving as self-enquiry, self-medication in lieu of self-care and the kick-on as domestic bliss. Reality can wait another day (or two).
Tame Impala Tour Dates
2025 – U.S.
10/27 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn NY NEWLY ANNOUNCED
10/28 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn NY NEWLY ANNOUNCED
10/31 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
11/1 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
11/3 – United Center – Chicago, IL – SOLD OUT
11/6 – Moody Center – Austin, TX – SOLD OUT
11/9 – Pechanga Arena San Diego – San Diego, CA – SOLD OUT
11/11 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA – SOLD OUT
11/12 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA – SOLD OUT
11/14 – Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA – SOLD OUT
11/15 – Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA NEWLY ANNOUNCED
11/17 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA NEWLY ANNOUNCED
2026 – UK & EU
4/4 – Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota – Porto, Portugal
4/5 – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal
4/7 – Movistar Arena – Madrid, Spain
4/8 – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
4/10 – LDLC Arena – Lyon, France
4/12 – Inalpi Arena – Turin, Italy
4/13 – Unipol Arena – Bologna, Italy
4/14 – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland
4/16 – Olympiahalle – Munich, Germany
4/18 – PreZero Arena – Gliwice, Poland
4/20 – O2 Arena – Prague, Czechia
4/23 – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany
4/25 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark
4/26 – Avicii Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
4/27 – Unity Arena – Oslo, Norway
4/29 – Uber Arena – Berlin, Germany
4/30 – Festhalle – Frankfurt, Germany
5/1 – PSD Bank Dome – Dusseldorf, Germany
5/3 – Accor Arena – Paris, France
5/4 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands
5/5 – AFAS Dome – Antwerp, Belgium
5/7 – The O2 – London, United Kingdom
5/8 – Co-op Live Arena – Manchester, United Kingdom
5/9 – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom
5/11 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom
5/13 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
