Tame Impala's Kevin Parker released
Currents, his trippy take on psychedelia, more than three years ago, but since then he has enjoyed a quite a bit of mainstream success, moving around outside the confines of the band, venturing out into genres far afield of the psych-rock that he's perfected — from getting featured on Rihanna's
ANTI to collaborating with Lady Gaga on
Perfect Illusion to embracing a shimmering blend of pop and dance, an aesthetic that paid off really well in his remix of Miguel's
Waves and Barbagallo's
Longue la nuit, and his collaboration with
Steven Zhu and Kali Uchis earlier this March/April. This, in addition to releasing a bunch of
unreleased tracks and remixes that failed to make it to the 2015 album late last year. Now he has teamed up with Trinidadian rapper and singer Theophilus London for a new joint project called Theo Impala, and while no formal release date has been announced, a sneaky rip of
Only You and
Whiplash have surfaced, which you can listen
here and
here. That's not all. A demo version of an
unreleased SZA song titled
Back Together, featuring Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker, found its way to YouTube as well. Needless to say, it's all very chill and full-on synthwave.
Update on Oct. 23: Back Together has been pulled from YouTube for obvious copyright reasons, but head below to listen to some of his other collabs over the past two years -
Update on Oct. 26: Listen to
Back Together below (note: it's not an official release) -
Update on Oct. 31: Only You, the duo's take on Nigerian singer-songwriter Steve Monite's 1984 hit, is officially out now. Stream it below, alongside
Whiplash -
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