What an amazing week it's been for fans of psychedelic music. Pink Floyd announcing a new album got anyone with even the slightest interest in this trippy, colourful genre excited. And the week got even better for those psychedelica fans living in Munich.
Tame Impala are one of the - if not THE - biggest psychedelic acts in the world right now.
The Australian band kicked off their 90-minute set with "Be Above It". Accompanied by loud cheers they started their second song of the evening "Solitude Is Bliss". "You will never come close to how I feel", the crowd joined in. The, what seemed like, five people inside the venue (about 1000 people attended the gig) who weren't drugged up were treated to a similar experience as their fellow gig-goers by background visuals, that even Joshua's Light Show would have been proud of.
"Sestri Levante", which is featured on their recent live album was up next. "We came all the way from Berlin to see these guys and we're loving every second of this", I was told by two German students. And judging by the reaction the band provoked with "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind" the rest of the crowd were also very much enjoying their evening.
The next two songs played by the genius Kevin Parker's band were "It Is Not Meant To Be" and "Why Won't They Talk To Me?" It was then that I realised that if MGMT's live gig took me to outer space, Tame Impala proved that there is a lot more to the universe than space. The second this thought crossed my mind I was thrown back into reality by the stomping intro to their most famous track "Elephant". The crowd seemed to come out of their chill out mode and went crazy, before being restored to inner peace with "Endors Toi". Between their following songs "Oscilly" and "Mind Mischief" Kevin Parker told his fans that the evening's concert had been the best one of their tour so far. Now I know bands always say that, but with someone like Kevin Parker I had the feeling that he was actually telling the truth. "We'll soon be back in Munich - we hope", he also told the crowd before playing their loudest song "Half Glass Full Of Wine".
The next song was very, very interesting. "It's not got a name yet. And it's got no lyrics. Just make up your own words", the band stated, before playing a song that could have been straight off Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon". Due to the background visuals the song kind of felt like Disneyland's space mountain gone wrong. The roller coaster seemed to have left the tracks and made it's own way through the stars. Their next song "Alter Ego" was supposed to be followed by a "crazy, fucking interlude", which was unfortunately cancelled out by technical difficulties. Instead, the fans were treated to "Apocalypse Dreams". Following this track the band left the stage, returning shortly after for an encore of "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", which provoked a loud sing-along from the fans, and "Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control".
Tame Impala played:
Be Above It
Solitude Is Bliss
Sestri Levante
Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
It Is Not Meant To Be
Why Won't They Talk To Me?
Elephant
Oscilly
Mind Mischief
Half Full Glass Of Wine
"This song doesn't have a name yet"
Alter Ego
Apocalypse Dreams
Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
Written by - Benjamin Brown
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Tame Impala are one of the - if not THE - biggest psychedelic acts in the world right now.
The Australian band kicked off their 90-minute set with "Be Above It". Accompanied by loud cheers they started their second song of the evening "Solitude Is Bliss". "You will never come close to how I feel", the crowd joined in. The, what seemed like, five people inside the venue (about 1000 people attended the gig) who weren't drugged up were treated to a similar experience as their fellow gig-goers by background visuals, that even Joshua's Light Show would have been proud of.
Photography by Sascha Gontcharov // Instagram @indierokker_66
"Sestri Levante", which is featured on their recent live album was up next. "We came all the way from Berlin to see these guys and we're loving every second of this", I was told by two German students. And judging by the reaction the band provoked with "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind" the rest of the crowd were also very much enjoying their evening.
The next two songs played by the genius Kevin Parker's band were "It Is Not Meant To Be" and "Why Won't They Talk To Me?" It was then that I realised that if MGMT's live gig took me to outer space, Tame Impala proved that there is a lot more to the universe than space. The second this thought crossed my mind I was thrown back into reality by the stomping intro to their most famous track "Elephant". The crowd seemed to come out of their chill out mode and went crazy, before being restored to inner peace with "Endors Toi". Between their following songs "Oscilly" and "Mind Mischief" Kevin Parker told his fans that the evening's concert had been the best one of their tour so far. Now I know bands always say that, but with someone like Kevin Parker I had the feeling that he was actually telling the truth. "We'll soon be back in Munich - we hope", he also told the crowd before playing their loudest song "Half Glass Full Of Wine".
The next song was very, very interesting. "It's not got a name yet. And it's got no lyrics. Just make up your own words", the band stated, before playing a song that could have been straight off Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon". Due to the background visuals the song kind of felt like Disneyland's space mountain gone wrong. The roller coaster seemed to have left the tracks and made it's own way through the stars. Their next song "Alter Ego" was supposed to be followed by a "crazy, fucking interlude", which was unfortunately cancelled out by technical difficulties. Instead, the fans were treated to "Apocalypse Dreams". Following this track the band left the stage, returning shortly after for an encore of "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", which provoked a loud sing-along from the fans, and "Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control".
Tame Impala proved to me that, even in 2014, space travel is readily available to non-astronauts. You will never come close to how I felt.
Tame Impala played:
Be Above It
Solitude Is Bliss
Sestri Levante
Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
It Is Not Meant To Be
Why Won't They Talk To Me?
Elephant
Oscilly
Mind Mischief
Half Full Glass Of Wine
"This song doesn't have a name yet"
Alter Ego
Apocalypse Dreams
Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
Written by - Benjamin Brown
Follow / [FACEBOOK] / [TWITTER]
Other / [OFFICIAL SITE]
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