Tame Impala's previous album, 2010's superb 'Innerspeaker--as original
and forward-thinking as it was compared to most modern psychedelic
albums--was very reminiscent of '66-'67-era Beatles, if the Beatles of
that time had time-traveled to the present and listened to massive
amounts of Dungen's Swedish space-rock before recording their next
album, making use of modern studio wizardry. But, while Kevin Parker's
voice still sounds a lot like Lennon's (and probably always will),
'Lonerism' is a giant step forward in the evolution of their sound,
seemingly influenced as much by the mid-70's, electronic-based
interstellar sounds of bands like Tangerine Dream and Italy's
Sensations' Fix as the Beatles this time around, while at the same time
sounding utterly fresh and unique.