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You may have heard The Temper Trap's first American hit, Sweet Disposition, on the soundtrack of 500 Days of Summer (it is in the film as well) or heard it pop up in a variety of commercial campaigns. It's extremely catchy, featuring excellent guitar riffs and the truly beautiful falsetto of lead singer Dougie Mandagi.
Just in case you are curious to hear another dimension of The Temper Trap, I've included a recently released second song of theirs, "Fader" that I really love. It is a little less sweet-sounding and a bit more uptempo than Sweet Disposition. "Fader's" unique sound definitely rocks . In other words, The Temper Trap are not sticking to a formula.
According to frontman Dougy Mandagi , Radiohead, Prince, Massive and U2 influenced the band’s dreamy, atmospheric feel and infectious, arena-rock-size guitar riffs. I agree with his assessment but The Temper Trap has a sound of its own, one that I know a broad audience can embrace.
You should have The Temper Trap on your mp3 player (if you don't already) but I love live shows too so am completely jazzed to hear that they are on their way over to the United States and Canada very soon! The band will be touring cross-country and as my luck would have it they'll be playing in the nearby Windy City, or as one band member explained, they'll tour "in the middle" after gigs on the west coast and before heading east. I've included their tour schedule below, after the jump.
Give 'em a listen. After that, take TTT bassist's Johnny Aherne's advice, "If you like rock music you should get it."
The new video from The Temper Trap for their latest single Fader. Released in the UK 4th January 2010
You've heard The Temper Trap's single SWEET DISPOSITION on the 500 DAYS OF SUMMER soundtrack, now check out the exclusive interview with the guys at the world famous Roxy on Sunset Strip to get the scoop on their new album Conditions.
A representative of the band's music asked if I would give the The Temper Trap's debut album, "Conditions' a listen. I did. It's great. All opinions in this post are 100% mine.
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