Tame Impala: prog or just psych?

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   just let me emphasize that this is not a question of prog or psych, just like the thread title implies

we do have a prog subgenre Psychedelic/Space Rock here with reason, which embraces artists who play psych/space music and also can be counted to the progressive rock fold ...

Tame Impala is a great band, but their music shows too much pop influences overall.
But there is another incarnation called Pond, which sounds more improvised and experimental, I'm about to add them to the database and recommend to check their albums too, especially ' Corridors Of Blissterday' - it's worth it.

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Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17650	Posted: February 15 2013 at 15:08
	just let me emphasize that this is not a question of prog or psych, just like the thread title implies we do have a prog subgenre Psychedelic/Space Rock here with reason, which embraces artists who play psych/space music and also can be counted to the progressive rock fold ... Tame Impala is a great band, but their music shows too much pop influences overall. But there is another incarnation called Pond, which sounds more improvised and experimental, I'm about to add them to the database and recommend to check their albums too, especially ' Corridors Of Blissterday' - it's worth it.


mustachemanager Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: August 13 2012 Status: Offline Points: 9	Posted: February 15 2013 at 16:02
	Pond is great. Are they the touring band he uses? Isn't Tame Impala just one guy in the studio? I also noticed that in my last post I wrote "band" went I meant "bad". OOPS! But it still worked in a weird way....

Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17650	Posted: February 15 2013 at 16:09
	there's some obvious interlacing to state, but i would not say that Pond is the live incarnation of Tame Impala really


Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17650	Posted: February 15 2013 at 16:13
	Pond now added to the database


nescafe726 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: June 07 2009 Status: Offline Points: 84	Posted: February 21 2013 at 11:07
	Pond's Corridors of Blissterday = Astronomy Domine. I like it.

mongofa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2011 Location: Zanzibar Status: Offline Points: 410	Posted: February 21 2013 at 16:56
	Either way they are starting to become popular in my age bracket.


Fox On The Rocks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 10 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5012	Posted: February 21 2013 at 19:25
	Great band, but I think they're just a neat little Psych-Indie Rock band. Very unique and creative, but I don't find their music to overly experimental to the extent of being appropriate for the database, y'know? One of Pitchfork's babies, that's for sure. The real question is, why is Swans still not on the archives?


Electrocuted Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: October 24 2011 Status: Offline Points: 16	Posted: February 25 2013 at 17:05
	Me with the camera on a stick backstage with Swans in Vienna. Great guys. Got taken out for a free lunch up the next day. Can't say fairer than that! http://youtu.be/3t4gWxFfnNU Stick em on the list and stop being so snotty about what prog is and isn't. It's making you all live in the past. Move on guys
	Progression doesn't happen unless it is new!

seventhsojourn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 11 2009 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 4006	Posted: February 25 2013 at 17:30
	^ ^^ http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90204 Edited by seventhsojourn - February 25 2013 at 17:34

Barsoom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: November 21 2012 Status: Offline Points: 5	Posted: May 03 2013 at 09:34
	I recently heard their track 'Elephant' in a shop, after hearing bits of that track on a TV commercial, and the mid-section was seriously spacey. I decided to check them out on Youtube, then bought both albums and their EP in one go. They remind me very much of Yes, circa their debut album and Time And A Word, stuck in a blender with psychedelic-period Beatles and a large side-order of Cream, and the lengthy out-tro on Keep On Lying could have been an out-take from Dark Side Of The Moon. The last Aussie band I heard that truly 'got' the seventies rock sound was Wolfmother, although they're more at the Led-Zep end of things. Tame Impala sound proggy enough for me to put on a playlist with other prog bands on my iPod, so no complaints from me!

King Crimson776 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: May 12 2013 at 02:42
	Why in the world would this band be considered prog

ProgressiveMike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: December 21 2012 Location: ColoradoSprings Status: Offline Points: 44	Posted: May 21 2013 at 00:00
	Well, they had a ad, or a feature, or a review... I can't remember which in one of my Prog magazines. We happened to have a couple albums at the store so I opened them up and spun them. They are very... Accessible! They seem to resonate well in many fans of what I have been told is "Dream Pop" I.E. the Cults. They are a bit Floyy, too, in the respect that they are a psych/prog band that is enjoyable to a wide range of people from different musical backgrounds. The first time I spun their newest album I couldn't help but notice that theyw ere using the exact same effects the Beatles used (particularly John Lennon) which sort of bothered me... NOT to say that ONLY the Beatles can use those effects, just that it's really noticeable. There was an effect on the vocals and on the guitars that were ripped straight out of a Beatles album. once again, I realize this is a very unfair assessment. But having said that, after I got over it, I very much enjoyed the album. They are sort of the synthesis of psych and pop. I heard some prog in it! But they are a very interesting group and I think a lot of prog fans would appreciate their brand of music, although it may not contain enough odd time signatures or pretense (lol).

dr prog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2516	Posted: May 21 2013 at 03:26
	Mild prog like the Beatles were between 66 and 68. A few of their songs sound like how the Beatles may have sounded if they continued in 1970, 71, 72 and 73. They are the only band forming after 1980 who have a handful of songs which I quite enjoy
	All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.