ith their Marc Bolan looks and their ‘60’s psychedelic music, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Temples are a little late to the party in 2014. But they’ve been getting a great reaction to their album Sun Structures, and enthusiastic support from some rather famous music icons too, as well as playing with Kasabian and on Ellen de Generes’ talk show. The videos are a wonderland of colour and
their music seeped in mystic imagery…and they’re playing Norwich this month. I spoke to Tom, their keyboard player and bassist about how they’ve hit the big time without actually meaning to.
“We had designs to make it
appear that we were an established band when we weren’t at all.”
Temples formed only 2 years ago but Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr have both said they consider you to be the best band in Britain. Did you expect to get this sort of accolade so soon? No! It wasn’t our intention to be a fully fledged band, but we just decided to build on what we’d already done. It seemed like the one time we didn’t have a game plan it came out alright. I guess those famous people said that a while ago, when we were still getting to grips with who we were. It didn’t really have much of an effect on us as we didn’t know what they were talking about, and they probably like some other bands now anyway!
18 / December 2014/
outlineonline.co.uk
How did Temples get together? We’re all from a small town called Kettering; we all played instruments and were in bands from an early age. Because it’s a small place we knew all the other musicians there, especially those who were into the same music as us. We’ve known each other for years. Myself and James, who’d been in bands together previously, once we’d recorded the first songs we decided we’d figure out how to be a proper live band. It was an organic decision for the four of us to play together in a band. How did you get your break? We had no real preconceptions as to what
would happen. We recorded a few songs and thought why not share them online? We created an imagined album cover and tried to make a whole package for people to absorb as a whole. We had designs to make it appear that we were an established band when we weren’t at all. It seemed to get people’s attention and we received messages almost instantly to play some shows, which is what we did first of all. Heavenly approached us a couple months later, and asked if wanted to record a single with them. We haven’t really stopped since! You’ve supported massive names like Suede and Kasabian. Have they taught
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