Tracklist
My Old Ways	4:58
No Reply	3:35
Dracula	3:25
Loser	3:43
Oblivion	4:28
Not My World	4:14
Piece Of Heaven	4:44
Obsolete	4:23
Ethereal Connection	7:42
See You On Monday (You’re Lost)	3:34
Afterthought	4:01
End Of Summer	7:12

A Rhythmic Pivot From Psychedelia to Dance

Deadbeat marks a stylistic pivot for Tame Impala, moving further from psychedelic introspection into a groove-centric, club-leaning palette built on rhythm, repetition, and nocturnal mood. The record emphasizes physical sensation over dreamlike drift, favoring tight bass lines, percussive drive, and synth textures shaped for dance spaces rather than headphone reverie.

Emotional tone remains reflective; Kevin Parker still trades in isolation, longing, and self-scrutiny, but the vessel is more extroverted, translating interior thought into movement and communal energy. Deadbeat reframes the Tame Impala project as one fluent in pop and dance architecture without abandoning its atmospheric DNA.

Critical Focus on Rhythm, Clarity, and Nightlife Influence

Released on October 17, 2025 via Columbia Records, Deadbeat arrived as a deliberate evolution of the Tame Impala identity, sparking critical discussion around genre fluidity and the project’s ongoing migration toward pop and dance environments.

Critics highlighted its sharpened production, nightlife influence, and willingness to shed some of the haze that defined earlier work, while noting that the emotional core remains rooted in Parker’s signature sense of introspective unease.

Commercial performance benefitted from strong single rollout and playlist traction, reinforcing Parker’s ability to operate simultaneously in alternative and mainstream lanes. In cultural terms, Deadbeat consolidates the shift hinted at in previous releases: a project once typified by psychedelic inwardness now confidently aligned with electronic rhythm, club aesthetics, and communal atmosphere.