Pitchfork gives Tame Impala's Deadbeat a score of 4.8/10

[Guest]

I didn't read the review, but that's about the score I ranked it. I found it a big departure from the quality of the likes of all previous projects.

[Ladle Ghoulash 51,581]

Valid tbh. I’d been a fan since Innerspeaker and he lost me around The Slow Rush. I think the pop crossover move for critical/indie darlings is a bit of a double edged sword: on the one hand, if you crossover and you maintain your integrity and keep producing high quality music in a new format (ie Currents) and you’re able to consistently do that, then great; however, I think once Kevin Parker started producing pop, it feels like he got kind of complacent and realized he only had to work half as hard as he was before to achieve commercial success and I think that shows on this record.

Edited October 21, 2025 by Ladle Ghoulash

[Morphine Prince 109,606]

This is one of my favorite albums of the year and idc what Pitchfork has to say. 

[nkta 590]

"Dua Lipa flops"?!

Damn, that's too harsh considering that both "Houdini" and "Training Season" did okay. 

To me, it's shocking when people go after Dua in the era when most of pop music underperforms. Dua's "flops" are massive hits compared to latest music from Miley, Demi, Selena Gomez, Halsey and even Rihanna (Hello, Smurfies!)

[Lord Mayhem 3,393]

If im being honest...the album is underwhelming and mid 

[ChvVolk 2,500]

11 hours ago, nodandsmile said:

why is she in it?

[ThisGuyTony 34,675]

11 hours ago, TheFrenchGuy said:

Now that he’s at the top of the mountain and co-writing Dua Lipa flops, penning songs for Minions sequels, and collecting Grammys for his most generic tracks yet, Deadbeat arrives asking the question: What’s left to do for the psych-rock prodigy turned dance-pop consultant?

 

oh wow

Dua catching strays is insane 

[Hadrian 2,556]

Do they ever post reviews that aren't catty and snarky, or do those get ignored? 

[MaybeKermit 5,198]

4 hours ago, Hadrian said:

Do they ever post reviews that aren't catty and snarky, or do those get ignored? 

Well since they need clicks to survive (online), it’s kinda logical they are doing this. 
They know how controversial their reviews are, and how obsessed some stans are = more clicks and shares.

I’d say it’s all done on purpose - partially at least