Looking beyond the potentially write-offable story of a student-teacher boyhood fantasy, the new video from Tame Impala is pretty amazing. It feels like an homage to MTV and teenage boys everywhere, and the music grips the viewer to the point of physical restraint.

It treads familiar ground, but it’s new and it recalls a millions things: The Wall, Van Halen, Basketball Diaries, Dazed and Confused, Dead Poets Society, Yellow Submarine…

Ryan Dembinsky

Ryan Dembinsky is a contributing editor for Hidden Track, where he focuses primarily on longer-form content and interviews. Ryan has contributed to a wide variety of music and sports publications such as Sports Illustrated, AOL Fantasy Football, Jambase, and Relix to name a few.

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