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| Musicomh |
 Coldplay, Kings Of Leon and their ilk should be quaking in their boots. Mass appeal "indie" music is frequently full of over-hyped dross, but sometimes an album comes along that manages to appeal to a massive audience and doesn't pander to expectations. Australia's The Temper Trap could well be about to release one of the years biggest surprises with Conditions as it ticks so many boxes convincingly that it's practically impossible to dislike.
If it's big stadium tunes you're after then look no further than the supremely emotive Downriver with its plaintive vocals courtesy of Dougy Mandagi and the swelling strings that close out the track. You want dark and moody? Skip back to the brilliantly brooding Love Lost which manages to mix simmering guitars, driving drums and a vocal that calls to mind Bronski Beat. That might sound pretty odd but it's hugely effective. Rest is similar in tone, only this time Mandagi is pitched against thundering bass, motorik drum beats and an almost minimal melody line that allows his voice to take centre stage....full text |
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| Nme |
The Temper Trap spent the earliest part of this year teetering on the edge of most people’s tips for 2009 lists, but this debut should see the Melbourne quartet swiftly elevated above many who were initially placed higher than them. Produced by Jim Abbiss (he of ‘Whatever People Say I Am…’ fame), the likes of ‘Love Lost’ and single ‘Sweet Disposition’ employ the same echoing histrionics as ‘The Joshua Tree’, but with a charming, cooed falsetto taking the place of Bono’s odious bellow. ‘Soldier On’ and ‘Resurrection’ continue along this vein, pitching them as a more sussed Coldplay that it’s definitely OK to like. The Temper Trap relocated to london in may of this year in a bid to woo the uk: this is not a bad calling
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| Guardian |
| Those with a taste for restraint are advised to look away now: the Temper Trap are not a band with the slightest concept of asceticism. Their debut album eschews the intimate for the epic - a spot of U2-styled delay on the guitars of Sweet Disposition; the crunching rock of Fader; the huge repeated chorus of Down River - but so would yours if you had Dougy Mandagi singing. Mandagi is going to be hearing a great many comparisons to Jeff Buckley in the coming months, and given a voice like his - capable of effortlessly swooping and climbing around a pure falsetto - it's hard to blame the band for throwing the kitchen sink into the mix. With a more conventional singer, they might sound a little prosaic, but for now this is music with a thrilling otherness. It doesn't even matter that much of the time Mandagi appears to be singing tripe: with his voice, and a band this dynamic, he could get away with singing the racing cards....full text |
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