| Tame Impala | ||||
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| Released | 11 October 2008 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 20:41 | |||
| Label | Modular | |||
| Producer | Kevin Parker | |||
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| Singles from Tame Impala | ||||
Tame Impala[1] is the secondextended play (EP) by Australian musical projectTame Impala, released on 11 October 2008 byModular Recordings. It reached number 1 on the Australian Independent Record Labels (AIR) Chart and number 10 on theARIA Physical Singles Chart.[2] Three singles were released from the EP: "Desire Be Desire Go", "Half Full Glass of Wine" and "Skeleton Tiger". All three received national radio airplay on theTriple J network.[3][4]"Half Full Glass of Wine" reached number 75 on theTriple J Hottest 100. The song is also featured on the Hottest 100 compilation CD/DVD.[5][6]It was reissued in 2013 as part of theRecord Store Day with the track "Wander" making its first appearance on vinyl.
The songs on the EP were selected from a list of approximately 20 songs thatKevin Parker had recorded as far back as 2003, which he had sent to their labelModular Recordings. Speaking about the EP release Parker said "Most of the songs on the EP were never meant to be heard by the rest ofPerth, let alone the rest of the world. They were just recorded for my own listening sake, and burning a CD of it and putting it in my car and giving it to my friends."[7] Parker also revealed that "the EP was not in anyway recorded for an EP. The songs that were on the EP weren’t even recorded at the same time, they were done over a bunch of years."[8]
Kevin Parker's original artwork caused some confusion with the EP title and many believed it to be calledAntares Mira Sun.[9][10] The artwork is an interpretation of a slide he saw in an astronomy lecture, which demonstrated the difference in size between the starsAntares,Mira and theSun. "The cover art is meant to be a painting; an interpretation of a diagram, so those labels are just there to make the diagram make sense. But lo and behold, there were reviews coming out saying "And Tame Impala's new EPAntares, Mira, Sun.""[11]
All tracks are written byKevin Parker.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Desire Be Desire Go" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Skeleton Tiger" | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Half Full Glass of Wine" | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Forty One Mosquitoes Flying in Formation" | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Slide Through My Fingers" | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Wander" (iTunes bonus track) | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 20:41 (25:54) | |
Production
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[12] | 82 |
