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News: 2010 set to be a huge year for the Temper Trap!
The Temper Trap kicked off 2010 with a set at Falls Festival that many have called the stand out performance of the festival, followed by jammed to the rafters’ appearances on the Green Stage at Big Day Out. With their single Sweet Disposition and album Conditions sitting respectively at #14 and #13 on the ARIA charts it’s not hard to argue that The Temper Trap’s homecoming has been a triumphant one.
“When the band broke into their signature hit Sweet Disposition the sardined mass roared and jumped up and down despite the searing heat.” Daily Telegraph, Sydney Jan 23, 2010
“a virtual coming-out performance at Falls. The Melbourne-bred rockers drew the largest and most enthusiastic audience of any local act. Album stand-outs Fader, Love Lost, Down River, Science of Fear and Sweet Disposition were all monster singalongs.” The Age, Melbourne Jan 08, 2010
“...in front of [The Temper Trap] was an overheated, overcrowded and underdressed pack of bodies who had decided a while back that talk of the next big thing wasn't empty chatter.” Sydney Morning Herald Jan 25, 2010
“Every year one band is too popular for the stage they’re on. This year it was Melbourne’s The Temper Trap…the reaction to British Top 10 hit Sweet Disposition was one of the first moments of the day, but most tracks from their debut album Conditions were singalongs including the stunning Love Lost.” Herald Sun, Melbourne Jan 27, 2010
So what now for the London based Aussie band? Well certainly no rest!
About to undertake a whirlwind sold out European tour, The Temper Trap will then head to the United States for their first headline tour of America, which includes an appearance at the renowned Coachella festival.
It’s then back to the UK for another series of sold out shows – including three nights at Shepherds Bush Empire. Just confirmed to support the band for their UK dates is fellow Aussie singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko.
Meanwhile Conditions remains solidly ensconced in the UK Top 50 album chart and has also spent the past month in the Top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart. Four major television syncs in the US, including the multi million dollar Chrysler commercial and high rotation on the likes of influential radio station KROQ has led to tickets flying out the box office for their US shows.
If 2009 was a big year for The Temper Trap, 2010 is shaping up to be enormous!
Womadelaide 2010 The Armada, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Ethiopiques, Babylon Circus and Ojos de Brujo live @ Botanic Park, Adelaide, SA (5-8 March 2010)
Future Music Festival 2010 Empire of the Sun, Franz Ferdinard, Prodigy, Way Out West and more live @ Sydney, NSW (March 2010)
Your most memorable Festival moment or experience? Our stage manager once fixed things so that I could stand on a podium on the side of the stage and pretend to set my keyboards up while Roky Erickson played a packed tent at Hultsfred in Sweden. He’s very aloof and doesn’t like to have people too close while he plays, so I made myself small and was quiet as a mouse but it was such a treat to get to watch him that closely, he’s just great.
Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Leonard Cohen’s performance at Coachella last year was about as magical as it gets.
What’s your ideal Festival line-up? Us, PB&J, Jay-Z, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, The Essex Green, Cass McCombs, Joni Mitchell, The Brunettes, Magic Numbers, and Florence Foster Jenkins but she’s dead unfortunately. I can already see this wouldn’t fly with Jay-Z, but I’d settle for just one or two of the above.
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals? Dress to avoid getting cold, wet or sunburned, and take off on your own. In my experience committing to meeting up with too many people always ends up ruining the whole damn thing.
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