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| Origin = Melbourne, Australia
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| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[post-punk revival]]
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The Temper Trap

The Temper Trap is an alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia noted for its atmospheric sound, featuring grand guitars set to pulsating rhythms.[1] The band is signed to Infectious Records worldwide, except for Australia and the United States. In Australia, the group is signed to Michael Gudinski's label Liberation Music, and in the United States it is signed to Glassnote Records.[2] The band released their debut album Conditions in 2009 to favourable reviews and commercial success.[3]

History

The Temper Trap first attracted the attention of the worldwide music industry after playing to sell-out crowds at the Musexpo in London in October 2008, and then at South by Southwest in March 2009. The BBC chose The Temper Trap on its top 15 Sound of 2009.[4]

The band finished recording their debut album, Conditions, with veteran music producer Jim Abbiss in March of 2009 in London, after 4 weeks recording the bulk of the album in Melbourne in late 2008.[3] Mandagi said his key influences when recording Conditions included Radiohead, Prince, Massive Attack and U2.[5] The album was released in Australia on 19 June 2009, and debuted at #9 on the Australian ARIA Charts. It was released in the UK on 10 August, 2009.

The band moved to London in early May 2009 to "spend a bit of time on the continent and try and build a fan base over here", according to lead guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto. He says "it was always our dream to at least come over here and give it a good crack early on".[6] In August 2009, the band played the Reading/Leeds Festival. In September 2009 the band embarked on their first headlining UK tour to largely sold out venues, such as the 250-capacity Hare and Hounds in Birmingham [7] and the 300-capacity Arts Centre in Norwich. The tour started in Brighton on September 17 and finished back there on September 29. They were supported by the Goldhawks.

In late November 2009 the band cancelled sold-out show dates in Germany to return to Australia to perform at the ARIA awards.[8]

Throughout 2010, the band continued to tour extensively throughout the UK as well as appearing at several music festivals such as Oxegen, the V Festival as well as Big Day Out and Splendour In The Grass in Australia. In the US, the band embarked on their first headlining tour, with the single 'Sweet Disposition' receiving significant airplay and appearances in commercials and television shows. Shortly afterward the band received an APRA songwriting award for 'Sweet Disposition'.[9] This was followed by comeback tour in Australia in July, playing to crowds of over 5000 people; their largest to date.

In an interview with a Melbourne newspaper in July 2010, the Temper Trap revealed that they are planning to work on their second album in the near future - as soon as their scheduled tour comes to an end - and slated the release of their 'crucial second album' as being sometime in late 2011.[10]

Media appearances

The song "Sirens", released in 2006 on The Temper Trap EP, was included on the soundtrack to the game Rugby 08.

The song "Science of Fear", which featured additional programming by DJ Shadow, features on the FIFA 10 and Colin McRae: Dirt 2 soundtrack, was remixed by drum and bass artist Mistabishi, and appeared on the Hospital Records podcast #79.

The song "Sweet Disposition" was featured in the teaser trailer for (500) Days of Summer, appears in the movie itself and is on the movie's official soundtrack. The song was featured on the Australian TV series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, the Season 2 finale of Greek, in the episode "You Know I Love You, Don't You" in the seventh season of One Tree Hill, and on UK teen drama Skins, in the second episode of the fourth season, the season 2 episode "Unmasked" of 90210, and ABC's The Deep End, as well as in the UK's Big Brother 10 finale night "best bits". "Sweet Disposition" was also performed by Martin Finn, a severeley autistic young man in BBC Three's "Autistic Superstars" in April 2010

Their song "Fader" was featured in an episode of The Vampire Diaries and in the teaser trailer for Tomorrow, When the War Began.

"Down River" was featured in the TV series Chuck in the episode "Chuck Versus the American Hero".

"Soldier On" was featured during a scene in Neighbours and Waterloo Road. "Love Lost" was featured in the Pretty Little Liars teaser trailer for the pilot.

"Sweet Disposition" was featured on the soundtrack for the film "(500) Days of Summer".

Advertisements

"Sweet Disposition" was used in a TV ad for Chrysler, "At World's End". The song also features in a commercial for Sky Sports football featuring José Mourinho for Sky Sports HD in the UK, in the commercial for Channel 4's coverage of the V Festival on 4Music, in the commercial for Peugeot 3008 in Scandinavia, and was also used on Sky's cricket coverage for an end of international season video, as well as the promo for the AFL Grand Final on Channel Ten in Australia. In Ireland, the telecommunication company O2 have used the song as part of their recent advertising campaign. The song is featured in a Rhapsody Music commercial, remixed by Axwell and Dirty South, and was also used in a Diet Coke commercial. It has also been used in Television New Zealand (TVNZ) upcoming programme promotions for the year 2010. And recently it also been used in Toyota Yaris TV commercial in Indonesia. It was also used in a 2010 Lifetime advertisement and a tv spot for the film Eat, Pray, Love.

Members

  • Dougy Mandagi – lead vocals, guitar
  • Jonathon Aherne – bass, vocals
  • Lorenzo Sillitto – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Toby Dundas – drums

Touring members

  • Joseph Greer - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
AUS UK IRE DUT BEL US
2009 Conditions[11] 9 25 53 63 66 175
EP's

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold) 		Album

AUS UK IRE JPN NL NZ US
Alt 		BEL
2009 "Sweet Disposition"[14] 14 6 8 24 32 34 9 6 Conditions
2010 "Fader" 82 76 — — — — — —
"Love Lost" 32 187 — — — — — —

Other singles

Year Title Album
2009 "Science of Fear" Conditions

Awards

Year Award-Giving Body Award Result
2009 ARIA Music Awards Album of the Year: Conditions[16] Nominated
Single of the Year: "Sweet Disposition"[16] Nominated
Breakthrough Album of the Year: Conditions[16] Nominated
Best Rock Album: Conditions[16] Nominated
Drum Media (Sydney) Writers' Poll Album of the Year: Conditions[17] Won
Song of the Year: "Sweet Disposition"[17] Won
Time Off Writers' Poll Song of the Year: "Sweet Disposition"[17] Won
2010 APRA Music Awards Song of the Year: "Sweet Disposition"[18] Won
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year (Jonathon Aherne, Tobias Dundas, Abby Mandagi, Lorenzo Sillitto)[19] Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBC Sound of 2009: The Temper Trap". BBC News. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  2. ^ http://www.crazedhits.com/the-temper-trap-signs-to-glassnote/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b Wilson, Jen (2009-01-21). "Marshall Brings Infectious Records Back To Life". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Youngs, Ian (2009-01-01). "Electric dreams for pop in 2009". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  5. ^ Maurer, Mark (2009-09-19). "Temper Trap talks about blossoming fame across continents". Apollo's Cred. Retrieved 19 September 2009. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Clarke, Daniel. "The Temper Trap". Music Feeds. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  7. ^ http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2009/09/25/track-builds-up-fan-base-97319-24778925/]
  8. ^ Adams, Cameron (26 November 2009). "Temper Trap dumps shows in Germany to perform at ARIA awards". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  9. ^ http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/24315/APRA-award-winners-.htm
  10. ^ Adams, Cameron (29 July 2010). "The Temper Trap back home for Spendour in the Grass concert". The Daily Telegraph.
  11. ^ http://acharts.us/album/45107
  12. ^ "ARIA Album Chart 19 April 2010".
  13. ^ "BPI certification Search".
  14. ^ http://acharts.us/song/48727
  15. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Singles".
  16. ^ a b c d Aria Awards 2009 Retrieved 29 November 2009
  17. ^ a b c Drum Media Sydney edition, 29 December 2009, pp 22–28
  18. ^ "2010 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  19. ^ "Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year - 2010". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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