The Slow Rush

Pitchfork 8.0/10 On his fourth album, Kevin Parker takes a breath and eases into a smoother psychedelic sound. Even without the adrenaline-filled highs, the compositions are as rich and thoughtful as ever.

A.V. Club F Although its catchiest moments somewhat make up for bad lyrics, The Slow Rush’s production and melodies underwhelm compared to Kevin Parker’s signature blissful odysseys.

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 Australian psych overlords push further into addictive funk territory on The Slow Rush

NME 4/5 Tame Impala’s first album in five years sees them move away from guitars and into mega-pop songwriting. Get the NME verdict

Evening Standard 4/5 Is Kevin Parker, AKA Tame Impala, stuck in the past or moving on? On The Slow Rush, the answer is both. It’s a dazzling, dizzying voyage of retrofuturism, giddy with optimism, yet troubled by gnawing regret.

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Psychedelic-pop conjurer Kevin Parker opens up his massive bag of sonic tricks on new LP, balancing pie-eyed grandeur with sugary sleekness

DIY 4/5 It might make a star of its funk-heavy basslines, but there’s an ever- present underlying sadness here too.

The Independent 4/5 Kevin Parker’s first release since cracking the global mainstream slickly polishes a dancier sound, while Nathaniel Rateliff’s latest takes a while to reveal the singer-songwriter’s killer instinct 

The Skinny 4/5 The Slow Rush is a partial reinvention of the Tame Impala sound, with Kevin Parker arranging vast soundscapes shaded with a human touch

Under The Radar 7.5/10 The truth about music criticism is you don’t spend that much time with the record in question. Some huge bands have events where journalists cram into a room in New York or LA and listen to the album, take their notes, and write their reviews based upon

Clash 8/10 If Kevin Parker appears relaxed, then perhaps that’s because he is. The epitome of zen when onstage with Tame Impala, he’s somehow managed to

The Observer 4/5 Kevin Parker shifts further away from his psych rock roots, while pondering happiness and his continued relevance

Loud and Quiet 8/10 Painstakingly fine-tuned, The Slow Rush provides Tame Impala with enough punch for stadium tours while still meaningfully evolving a complex, liquid sound. 

Pop Matters 8/10 The Slow Rush, the latest LP from Kevin Parker, aka the mastermind behind the psychedelic band, Tame Impala, is as much a self-reflective open letter to...

The Guardian 4/5 Perth’s disco dork returns after a four-year hiatus with an album that hunts for existential meaning in genre-surfing dance music

The Telegraph 4/5 From the shuddering opening warp of One More Year to blissfully euphoric closer One More Hour, time is the relentless focus of The Slow Rush, the fourth album from Tame Impala.

The Irish Times 3/5 Kevin Parker is leaving behind his earlier vision of subtle beauty for a pop paradise