★★★★★
Fat Possum Give me a time machine, some vinyl copies of Temples' Sun Structures, and set the controls for somewhere in the late 1960s. I'll be back in a flash and we'll be sitting here talking about those long-haired lads from England's Midlands who changed the world with their swirling harmonies, shape-shifter guitars, organ passages that disappeared into the clouds, and bass/drum foundations that were rooted in the center of the earth...
- www.jambands.com
2014-03-19
★★★★★
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BY JOHN SCHACHT
The psych-pop revival is in full bloom these days, fueled at least in part by the young's nostalgia for a '60s youth movement that Internet niche-listening has virtually eliminated as a cultural fixture. No matter, though, as bands like this Kettering, England quartet build on the warm textures of Spectorian pocket symphonies and psychedelic pop sensibilities for their own compositions...
- blurtonline.com
2014-03-13
★★★★★
It seems that recently there has been a never ending stream of 60s-influenced, yet contemporary, psychedelic pop bands emerging from all areas of the globe. Many of these acts were undoubtedly inspired by the recent surge in popularity towards bands such as Tame Impala and Pond, who have been at the forefront of the current psychedelic scene in Australia for a good five years now...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-02-18
★★★★★
Temples are an English indie rock outfit that describe their music as 'psychedelic', which has always been a slightly ambiguous term. The same notion of vagueness applies to Temples' debut album, as although they throw in a few wacky sounds, wear their 60's/70's influences on their sleeve, and opt for kitschy production choices, the music they make is essentially indie rock that hints at psychedelica without ever succumbing to its excesses...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-02-18
★★★★★
Does everyone remember Wolfmother? The Zeppelin worshiping Aussies that released two pretty solid albums and found Guitar Hero fame? They were a band that rejected modern musical ideals (outside of production work) and dedicated themselves to making albums that seemed to have time warped its way from the '70s. If you want to get a proper idea of what UK outfit Temples is all about just replace "Zeppelin" with "The Zombies" and you'll have a pretty good picture of their sound...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-02-14
★★★★★
Dig out your suede jacket and dust off your Beatle boots: Temples and their debut album Sun Structures are dragging the jingly-jangly psychedelic pop sound into 2014, and you need to hear it. There have been a whole host of spaced-out psych acts crawling out of the woodwork since Tame Impala showed everyone that swirling five-minute slowjams don't have to be the kind of self-indulgent prog knobbery that most people associate with psychedelia; of all of them, Temples have one of the purer and...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2014-02-13
★★★★★
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Temples - Sun StructuresTemples - Sun Structures Record Label: Fat Possum
Release Date: February 11, 2014
There's nothing inherently distasteful about bands--particularly young ones--whose sound is an obvious reference or homage to a particular previous era of music...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2014-02-13
★★★★★
Noel Gallagher of Oasis, squinting recently at the bounteous musical landscape, dubbed the new Kettering-based quartet Temples "the best new band in Britain." If you've read anything about Temples, you've likely this already absorbed this fact. That is because--and forgive the bluntness--Noel Gallagher's endorsement is easily the most remarkable thing about Temples, who offer a studious recreation of psychedelic rock so devoid of an individual personality that the only way to discuss them is to...
- pitchfork.com
2014-02-12
★★★★★
Kettering's neo-psych rockers Temples have here crafted a truly mesmerising debut album. It commences verging on Beach Boys conviviality before evolving seamlessly into a Simon & Garfunkel-like classic folk marvel, a melting pot of euphonic sounds. James Bagshaw's crooning vocals take you on a stroll along an LA beach, which climaxes around an English campfire, at Stonehenge, on the Summer Solstice...
- www.clashmusic.com
2014-02-12