Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has revealed yet another side project- AAA Aardvark Getdown Services.
The man behind Australia’s favourite psychedelic pop heroes, Parker has turned his creative juices into a disco funk venture also featuring Tame Impala bassist and The Growl frontman Cameron Avery, plus Perth locals Cam Parkin and Ben Witt.
The group showed up for a Spinning Top Music showcase in Fremantle celebrating the label’s expansion into the US and involved Parker on the drums, also hitting samples of his own vocals.
Tame Impala’s Jay Watson explained Parker’s latest venture to The West Australian.
“Kevin’s been writing all these disco, Michael Jackson megahits that he wouldn’t use for Tame because he’d be too sheepish about it but I’m trying to convince him to because they’re all next-level Thriller-pop.”
“(The music is) pretty much Kevin’s home recordings, kind of electronic but with Ben Witt who plays guitar and maybe another guy and Cam playing with Kev.”
Tame Impala have also teamed up with Kendrick Lamar for a track to appear on soundtrack for the upcoming blockbuster Divergent.
The film is the latest teenage novel adaption hitting the big screen, but with a soundtrack featuring the likes of Snow Patrol, Skrillex, A$AP Rocky and Ellie Goulding.
The forthcoming Tame Impala, Kendrick collaboration is a remake of the band’s single ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’, from the hugely successful 2012 album Lonerism, with the renamed ‘Backwards’ featuring a couple of verses from Kendrick.
Divergent Soundtrack Track List
01 Zedd: “Find You” [ft. Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant]
02 Ellie Goulding: “Beating Heart”
03 Pia Mia: “Fight for You” [ft. Chance the Rapper]
04 Ellie Goulding: “Hanging On” (I See MONSTAS remix)
05 Snow Patrol: “I Won’t Let You Go”
06 Woodkid: “Run Boy Run”
07 Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar: “Backwards”
08 M83: “I Need You”
09 A$AP Rocky: “In Distress” [ft. Gesaffelstein]
10 Pretty Lights: “Lost and Found” (ODESZA remix)
11 Skrillex: “STRANGER” [ft. KillaGraham From Milo & Otis & Sam Dew]
12 Big Deal: “Dream Machines”
13 Ellie Goulding: “Dead in the Water”
Deluxe exclusives:
14 Woodkid: “I Love You”
15 BANKS: “Waiting Game”
16 Ellie Goulding: “My Blood”
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