Tame Impala’s new jam ‘Let It Happen’ is their longest track yet, at 7 minutes and 49 seconds. For an artist so prominent in the music industry, it is interesting to see that their first release in three years is probably closer to a dance track than a radio friendly pop song. This song disregards structure and instead relies heavily on melodic synthesizers to create a catchy atmosphere. This is something that Kevin Parker has gotten extremely good at. Tracks such as ‘Elephant’ explored synthesis as a vehicle for catchiness, but ‘Let It Happen’ solidly maintains your attention throughout its eight minutes. As one of the driving forces in the Australian music scene, Tame Impala have total freedom to experiment with their music. Kevin Parker has a knack of pushing the boundaries with each new release and ‘Let It Happen’ continues this trend. Although their popularity has skyrocketed since the release of ‘Lonerism’, Parker continues to write honest music that isn’t compromised by the need to service it to radio. If ‘Let It Happen’ and his contribution to ‘AAA Aardvark Getdown Services’ is anything to go by, then the new record will be pretty tight.
– Gabriel