Übersicht / Tempers (us) @ Arena Wien

25.09.2017: Tempers (us)

Arena Wien

Their dark electronica sets haunting songwriting to a sinister disco beat, pop melodies floating in an almost industrial soundscape. Singles from their debut album 'Services' - ‘Eyes Wide Wider’, ‘Hell Hotline’ (mixed by Damian Taylor (Bjork)), ‘Strange Harvest’ and 'Undoing' (mixed by Kevin McMahon (Swans)) received coverage across US and EU blogs including Pitchfork, The Fader, V Magazine, Vice, and Interview. Tempers' new EP, 'Fundamental Fantasy', featuring a remix by Joakim, was released by The Vinyl Factory in February 2017. PITCHFORK "The mechanistic aspects of "Strange Harvest" remain constant throughout, an insistent thump that's halfway between Factory and Wax Trax!, while Jasmine Golestaneh's vocals become increasingly distorted and blown-out. Within its four minutes, the slow burn of "Strange Harvest" reaches a point of self-immolation.." THE FADER "Hell Hotline," a slice of achingly melodic, drum machine-driven guitar-pop seems the sum of its own subtly shaded paradoxes: downcast and buoyant, terse and expansive, icy and sentimental. Today, they're debuting a Bela Borsodi-directed clip for the cut, underscoring the song's propulsive chug with fills of strobing color." NOISEY "They're a ticking time bomb at this point, ready to blow up at any minute." V MAGAZINE "A band that makes music so resolutely otherworldly; songs like "Strange Harvest" and "Hell Hotline" are heavy on atmosphere - dissonant guitars and murky beats bouyed aloft by Golestaneh's crystalline vocals." DIY "Distinctly dark and throbbing - it's like they've latched onto a perfect formula and given it an extra jolt of life, for good luck." WEB: http://www.tempersmusic.com/