Tame Impala Play "Lost In Yesterday" & "Breathe Deeper" On 'Kimmel': Watch

It took years, but Tame Impala finally released their long-awaited new album The Slow Rush a few weeks ago. The band is now gearing up for a full-scale North American arena tour with Perfume Genius, and they’re just getting around making the North American late-night-TV promo circuit. Last night, Tame Impala were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, sharing a green room with Elizabeth Warren and the guy from The Good Doctor. They played a couple Slow Rush songs.

On the show itself, Tame Impala played “Lost In Yesterday,” maybe the best the Slow Rush singles. As an online bonus, they got to stretch out a little more, doing a nearly six-minute take on “Breathe Deeper.” Both times, they sounded practiced and polished. If you had the YouTube clips playing in an open tab, it sounded a whole lot like the album. That’s kind the problem, right?

Tame Impala shows are a lot fun, but they’re fun in the same way that raves are fun: The immersive music, the light show, the happy knowledge that everyone around you is high as fuck. When they play on a TV show, you’re basically just looking at foxy Australian dudes playing smooth synth-rock well. That’s not exactly a spectacle, but it’s not unpleasant, either. You can experience it below.

The Slow Rush is out now on Modular.