Tame Impala Bassist Nick Allbrook Leaves Band

World-beating Perth outfit Tame Impala have announced the departure of long-time bassist Nick Allbrook, with Saturday's show at the Belvoir Amphitheatre in Perth his last with the band.

Allbrook has been an instrumental part of frontman Kevin Parker's vehicle Tame Impala and has fulfilled a number of roles in the last half-a-decade. He is also a member of member-sharing Perth outfits Pond and Allbrook/Avery. There has been no confirmation on his involvement with those outfits.

In a statement the band said that he was leaving “so that he can try and screw his head back on, and make an attempt to assimilate back into society. A task the rest of us fear we will one day have to perform.”

Cam Avery, from The Growl and Pond, will step up to the bass duties for Tame Impala.

Saturday's show in their hometown marked the end of their local run of shows – which included Groovin The Moo dates – but the band are still on the road, playing Primavera in Spain on Thursday and the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington, USA, on Saturday. They have European and American dates booked up to October, including Glastonbury, Austin City Limits and Reading Festival.

The statement reads:

“We have big news. It's the end of an era. Tonight Nick play's his last gig with us. Nick Roland Paisley Adams Allbrook is hopping off the Tame Impala band wagon so that he can try and screw his head back on, and make an attempt to assimilate back into society. A task the rest of us fear we will one day have to perform....

Anyway, heir to the throne is our long time super best musical blood brother Cam Avery, ape/womaniser/former pro golfer. You may remember Cam from such bands as The Growl and POND, neither of which he actually plays bass for but uuuh that's how we roll.

Anyway anyone who saw us during the Allbrook era will know how awesome nick is, so cam has big shoes to fill, which is fortunate because Cam has big feet. big stinky feet that leave sock footprints in your house when he comes in and he's like, hey man can I sleep on youz guysez' couch?

So Nick plays his last gig at Belvoir Amphitheatre tonight, the very same place he played his first gig with us some 4 or 5 or 6 years ago, not sure on that... Lost track of time...

We're super happy for our bro Nick and wish him well in all his various fucking awesome artistic spewings and endeavours that he'll actually have time for now.. Good on ya brah.”