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Posthumous Forgiveness
2019 single by Tame Impala From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Posthumous Forgiveness" is a song by the Australian psychedelic music project Tame Impala. It is the fourth track on the 2020 album The Slow Rush and was released as a promotional single on 3 December 2019. The song was written by Kevin Parker, who also performed all instruments and vocals.
The single peaked at number eight on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.[3]
The song was voted into 200th place on the Australian Triple J Hottest 200 of 2020, which was broadcast on 24 January 2021.[4][5]
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Background
The song was called a "reckoning with Parker's now-deceased father", as well as a cathartic rumination on their complicated relationship and Parker now being a celebrity.[6]
Reception
Pitchfork thought that the riff in the first part of "Posthumous Forgiveness" sounded like something Jimmy Page would have played.[7] The A.V. Club thought that the "mildly trippy effects" in the song "saps poignance" during the first two minutes.[8]
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