Temples (Psych. rock / neo-psychedelica, England)

Temples are an English rock band formed in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 2012 by singer and guitarist James Bagshaw and bassist Tom Walmsley. The band's lineup was later completed with the addition keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Adam Smith and drummer Samuel Toms.

Years active: 2012 – present

History: 

The band was initially formed as a home studio project in mid 2012. Walmsley and Bagshaw had known each other for years before these projects. It was at this point that they were in rival bands based in their hometown of Kettering.

In an interview with Sound of Boston, lead vocalist James Bagshaw noted that signing on to Heavenly Records did not change their recording process. "Nothing changed, everything stayed exactly the same... At no point did they say, you know, go into the studio. If they did, we probably wouldn’t have signed to them because we liked the idea of what we were doing," Bagshaw stated

The duo uploaded four self-produced tracks to YouTube which caught the attention of Heavenly Recordings founder Jeff Barrett who agreed to release the band's debut single in the form of "Shelter Song" in November 2012. They then enlisted fellow Kettering resident drummer, Samuel Lloyd Toms  and keyboard player Adam Smith and started rehearsing as a band, so they could play their songs live, having never played live as a band before. The band released their second single "Colours To Life" in June 2013.


Bagshaw also commented on the difficulty in selecting which tracks to release as singles. The melodic nature of "Mesmerise," was a main reason why Temples chose to release it as a single; "I guess melody is something that assigns a single because that’s the thing that people listen to. But for us, we always found it very hard to choose singles… it might not be commercially viable, but that one sounds more catchy," said Bagshaw.

The band debuted two new songs live in 2015, entitled 'Henry's Cake' and 'Volcano/Savior' respectively. The band confirmed that they were working on a new album via Instagram on 9 July 2015. The band spent much of the first half of 2016 recording new material before embarking on a number of European festival dates. On 26 September 2016 the band announced a new single, "Certainty".

They released their second studio album, Volcano, on 3 March 2017.


In June 2017 Temples released their new single 'Henry's Cake' - which is not on their second studio album 'Volcano.'

Band members:

Current:

James Edward Bagshaw – lead vocals, lead guitar
Adam Thomas Smith – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Thomas Edward James Walmsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Samuel Toms – drums

Former:

Jack Prince – drums


Colours to Life: https://youtu.be/tUGEnXz4EG8 : 

Discography:

Studio albums:

- Sun Structures (5 February 2014) 
- Volcano (3 March 2017) 

Remix album:

- Sun Restructured (10 November 2014)

EPs:

- Shelter Song EP (7 July 2014)
- Mesmerise Live EP (16 September 2014)

Singles: 

"Shelter Song" / "Prisms" (12 November 2012)
"Colours to Life" / "Ankh" (24 June 2013)
"Keep In the Dark" / "Jewel of Mine Eye" (7 October 2013)
"Mesmerise" (20 November 2013)
"Move with the Season" (3 November 2014)
"Certainty" (26 September 2016)

"Strange or Be Forgotten" (10 January 2017)




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