Fresh off being announced as one of the marquee acts at Bonnaroo 2020, psych-rock titan Tame Impala (i.e. Kevin Parker) has shared “Lost in Yesterday,” another new single from his forthcoming fourth album The Slow Rush, due Feb. 14 on Interscope. The new track is further evidence of Parker’s interest in out-and-out dance music, an outgrowth of his last record, 2015’s Grammy-nominated Currents.
As befitting an artist (and human being) in flux, “Lost In Yesterday” finds Parker looking back on his past, considering where he came from and how he views those memories from the complicated vantage point that is the present. The track’s propulsive low end carries the listener along, like the mind being beckoned down Memory Lane, while pretty synths evoke the rosy tint of Parker’s recollections. “When we were living in squalor / wasn’t it heaven? / Back when we used to get on it / four out of seven,” he remembers in a breathy falsetto before admitting, “Now even though that was a time I hated from day one / eventually terrible memories turn into great ones.” Rather than resigning himself to the power of time and memory to distort, Parker urges the listener to reckon with the past as honestly as possible, concluding, “If it calls you, embrace it / if it holds you, erase it.”
“Lost In Yesterday” is the fourth single from The Slow Rush following “Posthumous Forgiveness,” “It Might Be Time” and “Borderline.” March 2019 one-off “Patience,” which at that point was the first new music from Tame Impala since Currents, isn’t included on the new album.
Last month Parker announced a North American tour alongside Perfume Genius, which kicks off on March 9 at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, running through spring and into the summer before concluding Aug. 7 at the The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash. A handful of the band’s March dates will feature support from Clairo and MGMT, with Perfume Genius hopping onboard in May. Tickets are on sale now.
Listen to “Lost in Yesterday” and Tame Impala’s 2010 Daytrotter Session below, and find their tour dates further down.
Tame Impala Tour Dates:
March
09 – San Diego, Calif. @ Pechanga Arena San Diego* SOLD OUT
10 – Inglewood, Calif. @ The Forum* SOLD OUT
11 – Inglewood, Calif. @ The Forum*
13 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Chase Center* SOLD OUT
19 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol $
21 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Pal Norte $
May
23 – London, U.K. @ All Points East – Victoria Park
29 – Chicago, Ill. @ United Center#
30 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Fiserv Forum#
31 – Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena#
June
02 – Toronto, Ont. @ Scotiabank Arena#
03 – Montreal, Que. @ Bell Centre#
06 – Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena#
08 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center#
09 – Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena#
11 – Miami, Fla. @ AmericanAirlines Arena#
12 – Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center#
14 – Manchester, Tenn. @ Bonnaroo
July
17 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center#
19 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center#
20 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center#
21 – Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center#
23 – Austin, Texas @ Frank Erwin Center#
24 – Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center#
25 – Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center#
28 – Glendale, Ariz. @ Gila River Arena#
30 – Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center#
August
01 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Smart Home Arena#
03 – Portland, Ore. @ MODA Center#
05 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Rogers Arena#
07 – George, Wash. @ The Gorge Amphitheatre#
(* w/ Clairo)
($ w/ MGMT)
(# w/ Perfume Genius)