It’s something he may not be thrilled about, but it’s like, ‘ Dude, you’ve earned the right to embrace that.’ It’s not like, all of a sudden, he became an arrogant Get Him to the Greek-level asshole. “I saw some picture of him the other day-he was in a car with his shades on looking very cool-and I was just psyched for him. “Kevin has come out of his shell,” Ronson says a few weeks later. Producer Mark Ronson, one of Parker’s closest musical collaborators outside his immediate Perth circle, has been a fan since the first Tame Impala EP and has seen his friend grow naturally into his rock-star persona. He trails off into laughter, before adding, “I probably look the same, although I didn’t have a beard back then.” “Some people would probably be upset to hear me say this, but almost no aspect of our show now bears resemblance to when we started.
“I’d be lying if I said that it didn’t feel like a completely different show or experience, because it is,” he says. And, though his live band will feature most of the same running buddies who have backed him since the beginning, he’s hoping to switch things up this time. While in LA, Parker met with his production designer to work on the visual elements of his upcoming tour in support of The Slow Rush. Aware of his newfound influence, he’s also taken to social media to encourage his fans help those affected by the disaster. In a few hours, he’ll head back to Perth-his bags are already packed and sitting near a speaker in the mostly empty living room-where bushfires have tragically wreaked havoc on his community and endangered the local wildlife. I’ve always thought about doing a film clip where it’s just me playing all the instruments, but I’ve never been able to stomach the self-indulgence.” “Someone is dancing around the studio, someone is the studied producer, someone is the zonked-out vocalist in the corner thinking of the melody.
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“That’s the golden scenario, when it’s just me and I’m in a room full of versions of myself,” he admits somewhat sheepishly. He’s also put together a home studio, which he describes simply as a bigger and better version of DIY setup that he’s always used to record his music. But several of the common areas are still unfurnished, aside from a few essential items and some stray gear.
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His spacious new lair is outfitted with storybook glass windows that offer breathtaking views of the city sprawl.
“I didn’t realize everyone did that when I was doing it. “That’s lame,” Parker says with a wry smile. He’s ready to embrace his new domestic life, though he jokes that his extended relatives keep “threatening” to visit him at his new pad.ĭuring Tame Impala’s festival sweep after Currents, Parker wore his artist-credential bracelets throughout the season, like slowly accumulating ski tags on a winter jacket, but he’s long since cut them off. Last year, he married Sophie Lawrence, who he has known since he was 13-he notes that she bought him the fitted shirt with neon hues that he’s currently wearing. These days, Parker estimates that he divides his time “about half and half” between LA and Perth, where he started recording under the Tame Impala banner just over a decade ago. There was never a point where I stepped back and decidedly changed its nature, but I want to do that this time. It was sometimes in my control, and other times, it gradually became bigger than me. “ at Pianos to Coachella last year, it has been this slow mutation from this very small thing into a headlining beast. “If a fortuneteller told me that was going to happen, I would have asked for my money back,” the 34-year-old Australian singer/ multi-instrumentalist/producer says, sipping a beer on his patio, which is perfectly positioned to offer an unobstructed view of the Santa Monica Mountains’ iconic Hollywood sign. He purchased the house last year, not long after area fires forced him to evacuate one of the Airbnbs he was using to finish The Slow Rush, his first Tame Impala album in half a decade-and first since he skyrocketed from a self-proclaimed introverted bedroom recording artist to the unwitting savior of arena-sized guitar rock. Kevin Parker’s Los Angeles home is nestled in the Hollywood Hills, near the top of a steep, snaking road that’s easily accessible from anywhere in the city, yet still feels tailor-made for celebrity seclusion.
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