Tame Impala | Lonerism: 10 Year Anniversary Box Set (2023)

2022 marked the 10th anniversary of Lonerism. To celebrate, Tame Impala present a deluxe 3lp reissue of the album featuring previously unreleased demos from the era. Recorded in both western australia and paris between 2010 and 2012, lonerism was tame impala’s breakout record. Lonerism’s artwork is by Leif Podhajsky and Kevin Parker, and the album was mixed by Dave Fridmann. Anniversary edition artwork designed by Erin Knutson and Immanuel Yang, with additional photography by Matt Sav and Kevin Parker. Tame Impala
Tame Impala’s landmark album Lonerism turned 10 last year, and the band played it front-to-back at Desert Daze to mark the anniversary. Now, Tame Impala have announced a new Lonerism anniversary box set featuring the original album with a 24-page booklet, previously unreleased demos, and more. It comes out May 26.
Tame Impala have a habit of expanding their albums into box sets. Pitchfork

Tame Impala: Lonerism: 10 Year Anniversary Box Set

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In a recent Instagram post, Parker said it’s “difficult to sum up what the album means to me at this point. It was a pretty special time making the music for me. In a way, it’s when I truly discovered myself as an artist. Coming off the back of ‘Innerspeaker’ I had this new sense of purpose…calling…whatever you want to call it. I had finally given myself permission to let music take over my being completely…to become totally immersed in my own world of recording music. So I had this new sense of creative freedom. I felt free to be ambitious, weird, pop, experimental, whatever, and didn’t feel judged because I was finally just doing it for myself and believed in myself. For the most part anyway…”
Lonerism, Tame Impala’s second studio full length was recorded both at Kevin Parker’s home studio in Perth and in Paris. The album received a 9.0 ‘Best New Music’ on Pitchfork saying “Lonerism is portable and joyous, a soundtrack for the times when you’re walking downtown and look up at a collection of skyscrapers, or driving through a mountain pass on an interstate…embodying and advocating a wakeful and passive state of psychedelia.” The album birthed the singles “Elephant” and “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards,” which received worldwide commercial radio play and endless film and TV sync licensing respectively, catapulting Tame Impala into the mainstream. The album topped 2012 year-end lists and was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards and won multiple ARIA Awards in Parker’s home country of Australia. Since its release Lonerism has gone on to be RIAA certified gold and platinum in multiple territories and has reached nearly 2 Billion lifetime streams. Bass Magazine

Released on October 5th, 2012, the seminal album launched Kevin Parker’s idiosyncratic style of psychedelic rock into the stratosphere. Following the album’s 10th anniversary late last year, Tame Impala will release the Lonerism 10 Year Anniversary Box Set on May 26th, which will mark the time the band performed the album in full at the California festival Desert Daze. Rolling Stone

Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.96 x 5.59 x 0.39 inches; 10.4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Interscope
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2023
Label ‏ : ‎ Interscope
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BVGJ62TY
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3