14 February 2023
Newsdesk
Temples have today shared a new track, ‘Cicada’, the latest to be taken from their forthcoming fourth album, Exotico. The Sean Ono Lennon produced album will be released on ATO Records on Friday 14th April 2023.
One of Exotico’s most explosive moments, ‘Cicada’ unfolds as a frenetic meditation on rebirth and renewal. Talking about the track, the band’s Thomas Walmsley said:
That song came from being inspired by the sound of cicadas, and the idea of emerging from the underground after a long time of being suppressed. We were attempting to turn that sound into a sort of dance rhythm, and once we started working with Sean we really built up the production by digging into his cupboard of keyboards and synths.
Made with the help of a Marvin—a copper instrument lead singer James Bagshaw describes as “something out of a steampunk museum”, ‘Cicada’ soon takes on a delirious intensity thanks in part to its furious drumming and dizzying strings. James adds:
You never really see cicadas but you can imagine them having a frantic life, and to me that song feels like a huge army of them whipped into a frenzy.
Having previously worked with Lennon on their 2020 single ‘Paraphernalia’, the album was recorded at his upstate New York studio and mixed by Dave Fridmann (Beach House, Spoon, The Flaming Lips) and will be available on LP, CD, DL & cassette via the band’s shop.
The band also recently completed a SOLD OUT short run of small club shows to road-test the new album. A full U.K. & European tour will be announced shortly.
