For the month of October, I’m taking the #OctAtoZBandChallenge challenge. The premise is simple. Pick a band starting with the day’s assigned alphabet letter and then choose a song from that band.

Day 20

At one point in 2015, it felt like Tame Impala was the hottest band on the planet. I remember listening to Currents nonstop that year – at home, on the go, in the office. I was working in a creative bullpen atmosphere that year, and Currents was one of the few albums we could all agree on. “The Less I Know The Better” was one of the staples from that album which introduced me to the world of Tame Impala. The video was weird and perverted. The musicality was distinct.

“The Less I Know The Better” is a musical study in contrasts. Rock elements smashed together with disco accents. Ethereal vocals and keys hand in hand with that devilish guitar riff. It seemed like everything it was trying to do musically couldn’t and shouldn’t work. These pairings don’t inherently belong together. But it’s their juxtapositions that make the song so gripping and infectious. It’s the contrasts that form the song’s identity.

“She was holding hands with Trevor. Not the greatest feeling ever. Said, "Pull yourself together. You should try your luck with Heather."