you want the vocals to be washed out. He’s the kind of guy where he wouldn’t ban that. He won’t be attached to how he wants it to be or try and make it sound like MGMT or a radio pop hit when I’m trying to make something crazy or fucked up.
KS: Your music seems to have a sort of enveloping ‘wall of sound’ effect. Do you think that’s accurate and if so, what appeals to you about that style? KP: Yeah, I mean definitely. It starts with just taking one thing and then slowly adding more things and it becomes this giant sound. But at the same time it can sound like I’m punching you in the guts. So in that way it’s not just a wall but more like a wall with flavor. You know and I guess I’ve always loved that kind of sound because I love that kind of barrage effect.
KS: You’ve mentioned in KS: Your music has been other interviews that you described primarily as have an admiration for psych-rock but also as cheesy pop music... shoe-gaze, dream pop, KP: It’s just something that I’ve electronic, lo fi... Do you always loved. I just love the foil of concern yourself with what a pop song. The melodies in pop genre you fit into or is that music are emotional. I don’t know just the media putting you what it is but I’ve always been gravinto categories? itated to that kind of thing. With KP: Yeah, I mean listening back on something after I record it I definitely try and think about what other people are going to think. But the thing is that when you’re recording music you don’t really have time to censor it and you don’t know what it’s going to sound like and at that point you really don’t want anyone else in the world to be able to judge what it sounds like. So at that point I’m really just trying to bring it in to focus. I understand that people want to put me in a box but I’m not going to stay in it if I’m truly creative. I don’t try to put myself in a box or category.
pop there’s nothing to think about or decisions to make, the emotions and feelings are just there.
KS: Are you working on anything currently? KP: Yeah, I’m always kind of working on things but at this point I have no idea what it’s going to end up being. I don’t even know if the next album is going to be a Tame Impala album. But I have a lot of dates coming up as Tame Impala, so I don’t know. I’m always writing songs though. // POLYPHONICA
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