The Temper Trap Return With 'Lucky Dimes'
'Lucky Dimes' arrives fresh off a #11 placing for iconic hit 'Sweet Disposition' in triple j's Hottest 100 Australian Songs of all time. It follows a wave of recent collaborations and reworks of the band's music, including 'Love Lost' with Mac Miller (400 million streams) and a steady stream of 'Sweet Disposition' remixes from the likes of John Summit, Vintage Culture, VXSION and Lost Frequencies.
With 'Lucky Dimes', The Temper Trap add a bolder, heavier edge to their signature indie-rock sound, frontman Dougy Mandagi's unmistakable vocals cutting through a storm of scuzzy guitars and thumping drum beats. Already a stand-out and important addition to their recent live shows, its release is accompanied by an exhilarating performance-style video directed by Melbourne-based creative Joey Clough.
Opting to evolve rather than follow convention, The Temper Trap took a forward-thinking approach to new music, collaborating with Grammy-nominated local producer Styalz Fuego (Troye Sivan, Charli XCX, The Knocks, Khalid). 'Lucky Dimes' was co-written with Styalz and mixed by revered English producer and engineer Spike Stent.
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'Good to know that 9 years after the last one, we still have something to say. It's been an absolute pleasure creating this record and we can't wait to share it with you, not to relive the past but to write the next chapter.'
– Dougy Mandagi
It was 2009 when the then little-known band from Melbourne, Australia, burst onto the scene with the release of their seminal debut album Conditions, and a song called 'Sweet Disposition'. Their emotive, cinematic soundscapes – expansive yet still accessible - resonated quickly with fans across the globe. 'Sweet Disposition' topped charts worldwide, with platinum certifications in Australia, America, Europe and the UK. Popular follow-ups 'Love Lost', 'Science of Fear' and 'Fader' cemented the band's new-found status as one of the most sought after acts in the world. Soon, The Temper Trap were playing sold-out headline shows across oceans and hitting some of the biggest festival stages globally – including Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Primavera, Big Day Out, Laneway Festival and more.
Years on, with well over a billion streams and three albums to their name (including two ARIA #1's The Temper Trap and Thick As Thieves), their music continues to inspire. Recent times have seen a resurgence of love for the band including the aforementioned 'Love Lost' collab on Mac Miller's posthumously re-released Faces mixtape, a slew of remixes for 'Sweet Disposition' totalling hundreds of millions of streams, and a feature from Dougy on a rework of Moby's cult classic 'Extreme Ways'. These new iterations of the band's original hits have solidified their popularity with an entirely new generation of fans, re-introducing them to dancefloors and charts worldwide.
Now, with the release of 'Lucky Dimes' - the first in a string of music to follow - The Temper Trap embark on an exciting new era, one that promises to resonate as deeply as the songs that first captivated the world 15 years ago.
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