Tame Impala previews Not My World ahead of Deadbeat release

Kevin Parker, performing as Tame Impala, previewed a new techno-tinged track called Not My World during a DJ set in Mexico City on October 10, and released his fifth studio album Deadbeat on October 17. Parker debuted the snippet at Parque Quetzalcóatl as part of a Cercle live set and posted the clip to Instagram, captioning the video, "CDMX.. I'm gonna remember this forever. Be back soon." Fans identified the track as Not My World, which combines detuned chimes and rising hi-hats that build into a thumping techno beat beneath light, airy synth lines.

Deadbeat marks Parker's first full-length release in five years and the first through a new Columbia Records distribution arrangement. The album follows the singles End of Summer, Loser and Dracula, the latter of which recently entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 55. Parker has described the record as drawing heavily on the Western Australian bush doof rave scene and on his long-developing interest in techno and acid house, a shift that is audible across the album's more electronic and club-oriented arrangements.

Ahead of the album release Parker staged a stripped-down Tiny Desk Concert at NPR's offices, performing acoustic...