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The Guardian Nearly every song on Currents is a statement of leader Kevin Parker’s range and increasing expertise as a producer, arranger, songwriter, and a vocalist. Parker is writing pop songs here, and doing them justice, and Currents is the result of a supernaturally talented obsessive trying to perfect music.
The Australian musical polymath Kevin Parker is back with a luscious new album that looks back – even as it moves psychedelic rock forward.
True, it’s not the guitar-laden, fuzzed-out sound that makes up the bulk of Innerspeaker and Lonerism, and if that’s all that you are interested in, then Currents is not likely to be for you. But hey, been there, done that. Kevin Parker is pushing into new territory: Currents is synth, bass and drum heavy with a smattering of guitar and has R&B and dance overtones. It’s an album that gets better with each listen. Standout tracks include the dance conscious “Let it Happen,” a nearly eight minute tension-building epic, “Cause I’m a Man” which is as close to Prince or maybe even “Midnight Vulture”-era Beck as Parker can probably get, the pop-oriented “Moment” and the sweet but too short “Disciples” where he finally breaks out his guitar, accented by keyboards and where his falsetto shines. This album is definitely one of the best albums this year.
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