It reached the number 1 position on the Australian Independent Record Labels (AIR) Chart and number 10 on the ARIA Physical Singles Chart, with three songs-"Desire Be, Desire Go", " Half Full Glass of Wine", and "Skeleton Tiger"-receiving national radio airplay on the Triple J radio station. The signing was soon followed by the release of their self-titled EP in September 2008. Tame Impala performing at the 2009 V Festival in Perth, Western Australia To transfer these recordings to a live-stage, Parker enlisted the help of Dominic Simper (bass) and Jay Watson (drums) and began playing at some local gigs. This brought interest from a number of labels and eventually, he signed a worldwide deal with the independent Modular Recordings in July 2008. Tame Impala emerged in 2007 as a Kevin Parker home-recording project in this period and he posted a number of tracks on Myspace. Parker played in a number of bands, one being the Dee Dee Dums, a rock duo that consisted of Parker (guitar) and Luke Epstein (drums).
The origins of the act can be found in the Perth music scene. At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, the group won five trophies. The fourth studio album, The Slow Rush, was released on 14 February 2020. Parker won the APRA Award for Song of the Year 2016 for Currents ' first track, " Let It Happen". Tame Impala's third album, Currents, was released in July 2015, and like its predecessor, it won ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. Parker's 2012 follow-up, Lonerism, was also acclaimed, reaching platinum status in Australia and receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
After a series of singles and EPs, Tame Impala's debut studio album, Innerspeaker, was released in 2010 it was certified gold in Australia and well received by critics. Parker originally conceived the project in Perth in 2007. Originally signed to Modular Recordings, Tame Impala is now signed to Interscope Records in the US and Fiction Records in the UK. The group has a close affiliation with fellow Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, sharing members and collaborators, including Nick Allbrook, formerly a live member of Tame Impala. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parker (guitar, vocals), Dominic Simper (guitar, synthesiser), Jay Watson (synthesiser, vocals, guitar), Cam Avery (bass guitar, vocals), and Julien Barbagallo (drums, vocals). In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.
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