Song · Tame Impala
“Half Full Glass of Wine” by Tame Impala
From the EP Tame Impala (2008)
“Half Full Glass of Wine” by Tame Impala appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2008. It was first released in 2008 on the EP Tame Impala. Its best result is #75 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #530 alternative song of 2008.
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"Half Full Glass of Wine" came out in October 2008 on Tame Impala's self-titled EP, the second record Kevin Parker had put out under that name, through Modular Recordings. Tame Impala was the Australian musician's psychedelic rock vehicle, and he wrote the words and the music himself.
What he built it on is a blues riff with dilated pupils. Hi-hats count it off, an overdriven guitar barges in, and then the tempo sags before the main figure takes over: a C minor pentatonic riff with the bass doubling it note for note. In the first verse the vocal gets nothing behind it but a bass thumping the root, and after each line the full band crashes back in with the first half of the riff. In 2010 it rolled over the closing credits of an episode of Entourage.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 75 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
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