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Temples: "There's nothing like 'Certainty' on the rest of the album"

Think you know what Temples’ album will probably sound like? Think again.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“You know how some people know every single word to Bob Dylan?” James Bagshaw questions. “They'll know every single word. I won't know every single word. But I'll know all the notes, and I'll know how to play them on guitar.” Two years on from the release of ‘Sun Structures’ and Temples’ focus is solely on their music.

“Don't get me wrong, I love great words,” he continues, “but when I'm listening I'll be listening to the melody of what's going on, and the melody of those words.” Placing the spotlight on their sound, the Kettering four-piece have spent much of the past year piecing together their second album – and they’re finally ready to share it with the world.

“With this record I know these lyrics have been painstakingly pulled apart, thrown at the wall, and come back at you,” the frontman describes. “It's getting that across and really connecting with them.” Favouring a “more direct” approach with their writing this time around, Temples have created an album that’s entirely more open – and in its essence, bears a character that’s more authentically them.

Favouring a more real inspiration, the group strove to create something to which people can easily relate. “I wouldn't say that we’d go out on a sunny day and then inadvertently decide to do a song that's sunshine pop,” the frontman chuckles. “It's very hard to put your fingers on what inspires a song until you've written it, then you can see what the sentiment is behind that.”

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