Posthumous Forgiveness

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"Posthumous Forgiveness"
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Single by Tame Impala
from the album The Slow Rush
Released3 December 2019
Genre
Length6:05
LabelModular
SongwriterKevin Parker
ProducerKevin Parker
Tame Impala singles chronology
"It Might Be Time"
(2019)
"Posthumous Forgiveness"
(2019)
"Lost in Yesterday"
(2020)

"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]

Background

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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

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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]

Charts

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Chart (2019–2020) Peak
position
Portugal (AFP)[9] 135
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[3] 8

References

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  9. ^ "Tame Impala – Posthumous Forgiveness". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 5 March 2020.