Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker recently spoke with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 and explained how Travis Scott was a major inspiration for his new album The Slow Rush.

“It was awesome. He’s so enthused by ideas,” Parker said regarding Scott. “He doesn’t waste time kind of doubting himself or doubting things. Which is extremely valuable, because you need that burst of conviction. I tried to take on some of that conviction when I’m working, because doubt and all that kind of stuff is poisonous in creativity.”

Tame Impala is credited on Astroworld as the producer for “Skeletons.”

The Slow Rush is Tame Impala’s first album since Currents in 2015 and contains the singles “Lost in Yesterday,” “Posthumous Forgiveness,” “It Might Be Time,” and “Borderline.”

“It was over a long period of time and had a lot of sessions to it,” Parker continued. “At some points, there were 10, 20 people in the room. You could just be there and hang out and not do anything for like an hour. And then something perks your ears up, and you can be like, ‘Oh yeah yeah, plug me in, I’ve got an idea.’ We’d go for hours until three in the morning.”

Stream The Slow Rush here.

Gorillas are teasing an upcoming collaboration with Tame Impala.

What will be another installment in their “Song Machine” project, the upcoming collab was teased by the band’s guitarist, Noodle, on Instagram through a post of Tame Impala’s Currents album cover blended with Gorillas’ artwork.

“Song Machine is a whole new way of doing what we do.” Gorillaz drummer Russel said, according to NME. “Gorillaz breaking the mould ‘cos the mould got old. World is moving faster than a supercharged particle, so we’ve gotta stay ready to drop. We don’t even know who’s stepping through the studio next. Song Machine feeds on the unknown, runs on pure chaos. So whatever the hell’s coming, we’re primed and ready to produce like there’s no tomorrow. Y’know, just in case…”

The first song from the “Song Machine” project dropped this week. “Momentary Bliss” features British rapper Slowthai and is one of the best tracks of the week.

Gorillas also recently released a documentary titled Reject False Icons. 

Tame Impala’s fourth studio album, and first album in five years, The Slow Rush, is scheduled to release on February 14th. So far three singles have been released including “Borderline,” “It Might Be Time” and “Posthumous Forgiveness.”