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Kettering’s Temples (singer / guitarist James Edward Bagshaw, keys / rhythm guitarist Adam Thomas Smith, bassist Thomas Edward James Warmsley, and drummer Samuel Toms) sold out their Turf Club show in St Paul last week, October 21st.
Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Vinyl Williams (real name: Lionel Williams). Williams and his band performed mostly from his new Brunei album, playing “space age” songs under a custom film projection (which created this psychedelic look).
We’ve been writing about Temples since their 2013 appearance at Great Escape... and noted that they had great buzz at SXSW 2014, describing them as “T-Rex meets Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. Get a groove and keep it going.... Lots of buzz on these guys and deservedly so.”
For Temples’ first Minnesota show, it was originally listed at the Turf Club - but as the venue quickly sold out - they upgraded their first MN show appearance to the much bigger stage at First Avenue in April 2014. So it’s good to have Temples back at the original Turf Club last week (October 21st), even though the smaller venue could not accommodate for all their fans. The show sold out, but this time, they could not upgrade to First Avenue (as it was booked for Clutch).
Still touring for their debut Sun Structures (a Top 10 UK debut named Rough Trade’s “Album of the Year” for 2014), the band is inbetween records and previewed some new tracks from their pending upcoming 2017 album on Fat Possum Records.
The new songs (‘I Wanna Be Your Mirror’, ‘Roman God Like Man’, ‘Certainty’, ‘Ankh’, ‘Strange Or Be Forgotten’) fit in with their psych sound, and, if it’s any indication, their forthcoming album will do well.
After this US tour (ending tonight), the band will be taking a much-needed break to put the final touches on their upcoming record.
Temples’ last US date will take place tonight (10/29) at the Brighton Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts
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Vinyl Williams |
We’ve been writing about Temples since their 2013 appearance at Great Escape... and noted that they had great buzz at SXSW 2014, describing them as “T-Rex meets Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. Get a groove and keep it going.... Lots of buzz on these guys and deservedly so.”
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Still touring for their debut Sun Structures (a Top 10 UK debut named Rough Trade’s “Album of the Year” for 2014), the band is inbetween records and previewed some new tracks from their pending upcoming 2017 album on Fat Possum Records.
The new songs (‘I Wanna Be Your Mirror’, ‘Roman God Like Man’, ‘Certainty’, ‘Ankh’, ‘Strange Or Be Forgotten’) fit in with their psych sound, and, if it’s any indication, their forthcoming album will do well.
After this US tour (ending tonight), the band will be taking a much-needed break to put the final touches on their upcoming record.
Temples’ last US date will take place tonight (10/29) at the Brighton Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts
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Temples at Turf Club, St Paul (21 October 2016) |
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