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Courier-Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
The Temper Trap break nine-year silence with new single ‘Lucky Dimes'
Don't miss out on the headlines from Music. Followed categories will be added to My News. Aussie global hitmakers The Temper Trap are back together after a nine-year hiatus with a surprise new song 'Lucky Dimes.' The quartet have been riding high on social media and streaming over the past 18 months with a succession of popular remixes of their 2009 smash 'Sweet Disposition'. The love for that song continues at home with 'Sweet Disposition' landing at No. 11 on Triple J's recent Hottest 100 Australian Songs poll. They also enjoyed a viral moment when TikTok fans resurfaced a track by late rapper Mac Miller which heavily sampled the Temper Trap's hit 'Love Lost' and now has more than 400 million streams. Frontman Dougy Mandagi blamed burnout and a fear of repeating themselves for the band's long break between their 2016 album Thick as Thieves and their return to the singles game with 'Lucky Dimes'. The Temper Trap brings back 80s band photo style to launch new single. Picture: Alberto Zimmerman / Supplied. 'There was a little bit of burnout, but for me personally, I think I just couldn't see a path forward at the time where we would do something that would sound fresh and new and exciting,' he said from his London home. 'It just seemed like if we were going to get back in the studio … that we would just come out with more of the same and I didn't want to be in the studio for another 18 months doing Sweet Disposition 2.0. 'I needed to take a break and do other things and soak in more inspiration from life, the world, and different music, and I pursued a side project, a solo project as well, which was fun to do.' Mandagi got the band back together with Jonny Aherne, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greeran two years ago and have been steadily working on new songs as well as returning to festival stages. The Temper Trap have been enjoying viral success with Sweet Disposition remixes. Picture: Supplied. He said the older, wiser quartet were closer both personally and professionally after the members spent almost a decade pursuing their own creative endeavours and raising their respective children. 'I think the band is in a much better place now, we're closer than we've ever been,' Mandagi said. 'I would dare say that we actually had even more fun writing this record than we did the first record, when we first got together. 'It's cool, we've just been through a lot in life, we all have families now and I guess there's less ego in the room.' The band are working out tour dates in Australia for early 2026. Picture: Supplied. The darker-edged 'Lucky Dimes' has a 90s electronic rock vibe similar to Garbage, who have just announced their return to Australia for the first tour in a decade with the Good Things festival. The band worked with Grammy-nominated Aussie producer Styalz Fuego whose credits include hits with Troye Sivan, Charli XCX and Khalid. 'I'm a 90s child so I was the right age to receive all that good music. So yeah, we're just tapping into stuff we like,' he said. The single is out now with The Temper Trap still confirming plans to return for an Australian tour in early 2026. Originally published as The Temper Trap break long silence with new single after going viral with debut hit Sweet Disposition
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
The Temper Trap break long silence with new single after going viral with debut hit Sweet Disposition
Aussie global hitmakers The Temper Trap are back together after a nine-year hiatus with a surprise new song 'Lucky Dimes.' The quartet have been riding high on social media and streaming over the past 18 months with a succession of popular remixes of their 2009 smash 'Sweet Disposition'. The love for that song continues at home with 'Sweet Disposition' landing at No. 11 on Triple J's recent Hottest 100 Australian Songs poll. They also enjoyed a viral moment when TikTok fans resurfaced a track by late rapper Mac Miller which heavily sampled the Temper Trap's hit 'Love Lost' and now has more than 400 million streams. Frontman Dougy Mandagi blamed burnout and a fear of repeating themselves for the band's long break between their 2016 album Thick as Thieves and their return to the singles game with 'Lucky Dimes'. 'There was a little bit of burnout, but for me personally, I think I just couldn't see a path forward at the time where we would do something that would sound fresh and new and exciting,' he said from his London home. 'It just seemed like if we were going to get back in the studio … that we would just come out with more of the same and I didn't want to be in the studio for another 18 months doing Sweet Disposition 2.0. 'I needed to take a break and do other things and soak in more inspiration from life, the world, and different music, and I pursued a side project, a solo project as well, which was fun to do.' Mandagi got the band back together with Jonny Aherne, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greeran two years ago and have been steadily working on new songs as well as returning to festival stages. He said the older, wiser quartet were closer both personally and professionally after the members spent almost a decade pursuing their own creative endeavours and raising their respective children. 'I think the band is in a much better place now, we're closer than we've ever been,' Mandagi said. 'I would dare say that we actually had even more fun writing this record than we did the first record, when we first got together. 'It's cool, we've just been through a lot in life, we all have families now and I guess there's less ego in the room.' The darker-edged 'Lucky Dimes ' has a 90s electronic rock vibe similar to Garbage, who have just announced their return to Australia for the first tour in a decade with the Good Things festival. The band worked with Grammy-nominated Aussie producer Styalz Fuego whose credits include hits with Troye Sivan, Charli XCX and Khalid. 'I'm a 90s child so I was the right age to receive all that good music. So yeah, we're just tapping into stuff we like,' he said. The single is out now with The Temper Trap still confirming plans to return for an Australian tour in early 2026.
Scoop
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
The Temper Trap Return With 'Lucky Dimes'
The Temper Trap today share their first new music in nine years, with single 'Lucky Dimes' signalling a definitive return for the globally acclaimed band. '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. Advertisement - scroll to continue reading '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.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift sought out personal gift for Harry Styles during brief romance
Taylor Swift enlisted help from Temper Trap to arrange a personal birthday gift for then-boyfriend Harry Styles. The 'Cruel Summer' hitmaker dated the former One Direction hunk from late 2012 to early 2013 and the Australian group - comprising Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, Toby Dundas, and Joseph Greer - have recalled how the 'Watermelon Sugar' singer was a big fan of their 2008 hit single 'Sweet Disposition'. Harry loved the track so much, he even had a line from the song tattooed on his arm, but got the lyrics wrong, having 'Won't stop 'til we surrender' inked on his body instead of 'Won't stop to surrender', providing the band with a dilemma when Taylor asked for their help. Singer Dougy revealed in a TikTok video as part of an ongoing series marking 15 years since the release of their debut album 'Conditions': "We heard about the tattoo before. We were on tour, I remember, I think he tweeted that he got it. "So then, you know, it was brought to our attention. 'That's Harry Styles, blah, blah, blah.' And then we were laughing about how it was wrong." Dougy told how Taylor had later asked him to handwrite the lyrics as a special gift for Harry - but he didn't know if he should highlight his mistake by using the correct lines, or going with what the star thought they were. He continued: "And then fast forward, I don't know, whatever, in the future, we were at the ARIAs and Taylor Swift was a presenter or something. She came to our green room, with a piece of paper, and she goes, 'Can you write the lyrics for my boyfriend? It's his birthday.' "We were like, 'Ok, cool.' So my dilemma was, do I write the right lyrics? Or do I write the wrong lyrics? I can't remember which way I wrote." The pair have rarely spoken about their romance, but Taylor's songs 'Style' and 'Out of the Woods' are rumoured to be about Harry, and he previously admitted he was grateful to her for marking their time together in her music. He told Rolling Stone magazine in 2017: "In writing songs about stuff like that, I like tipping a hat to the time together. "You're celebrating the fact it was powerful and made you feel something, rather than 'This didn't work out, and that's bad.' "And if you run into that person, maybe it's awkward, maybe you have to get drunk ... but you shared something. Meeting someone new, sharing those experiences, it's the best s**t ever. So thank you." The former couple were caught strolling in New York's Central Park by paparazzi photographers on their second date and the 'Sign of the Times' singer admits the attention they received made things even harder and more "awkward" than they already were. He recalled: "When I see photos from that day, I think, relationships are hard, at any age. And adding in that you don't really understand exactly how it works when you're 18, trying to navigate all that stuff didn't make it easier. "I mean, you're a little bit awkward to begin with. You're on a date with someone you really like. It should be that simple, right? It was a learning experience for sure. But at the heart of it - I just wanted it to be a normal date."
