Needles & Grooves

Yes. This.

Both are enjoyable enough.

I like both. Plenty of fuzzy psych guitar in other places. Exhibit A:

That's fair

My order of enjoyment is Currents, Lonerism, Innerspeaker, Slow Rush. All are high C to mid B albums imo

I have to say though, the new album is an actual slow rush, which warrants multiple listens before fully revealing itself

@Woob_woob, flip your preferred order and slide Slow Rush in front of Currents and you’ve got my order. And then put the self-titled EP on top as the cherry on the sundae.

Don’t get me wrong, I do like the new album. Big improvement over Currents. Doesn’t touch his/their first three starting with the EP though.

Why the hate on Currents? It's by far his best work imo. New album sounds like Currents B sides to me

Tame Impala is, honestly, a solidly okay band with flashes of brilliance. Currents is Parker's consistently best work, but the guitar-centered early stuff has more of the magic spark

@Woob_woob, Currents felt derivative to me, not all that different than the countless other bedroom pop artists cranking out slick, over-produced downtempo R&B-tinged tunes and beats. He stripped away what made him interesting and different. The song styles and instrumentation in The Slow Rush feel more interesting and unique. It’s harder to imagine this album coming from a different artist.