Origins From Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap

BAND TEMPER TRAP

The Temper Trap is an alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia noted for its atmospheric sound, featuring grand guitars set to pulsating rhythms. The band is signed to Infectious Records Michael Gudinski's label Liberation Music, and in the United States it is signed to Glassnote Records.The band released their debut album Conditions in 2009 to favourable reviews and commercial success.Members of the Temper Trap met at Wesley College, Melbourne. worldwide, except for Australia and the United States.

History

The Temper Trap first attracted the attention of the worldwide music industry after playing to sell-out crowds at the Musexpo in London in October 2008, and then at South by Southwest in March 2009. The BBC chose The Temper Trap in its top 15 Sound of 2009.
The band finished recording their debut album, Conditions, with veteran music producer Jim Abbiss in March 2009 in London, after 4 weeks recording the bulk of the album in Melbourne in late 2008.Mandagi said his key influences when recording Conditions included Radiohead, Prince, Massive Attack, The Jester People and U2.The album was released in Australia on 19 June 2009, and debuted at #9 on the Australian ARIA Charts. It was released in the UK on 10 August 2009.
The band moved to London in early May 2009 to "spend a bit of time on the continent and try and build a fan base over here", according to lead guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto. He says "it was always our dream to at least come over here and give it a good crack early on". In August 2009, the band played the Reading/Leeds Festival. In September 2009 the band embarked on their first headlining UK tour to largely sold out venues, such as the 250-capacity Hare and Hounds in Birmingham and the 300-capacity Arts Centre in Norwich. The tour started in Brighton on September 17 and finished back there on September 29. They were supported by the Goldhawks.
On 5 August 2009, The Temper Trap played an intimate performance on a Balcony over London's Camden Lough promoting the release of their single "Science of Fear" on the music viral show BalconyTV.In late November 2009 the band canceled sold-out show dates in Germany to return to Australia to perform at the ARIA awards.
Throughout 2010, the band continued to tour extensively throughout the UK as well as appearing at several music festivals such as Oxegen, Glastonbury, Rock Werchter, Roskilde Festival, V Festival as well as Big Day Out and Splendour In The Grass in Australia. In the US, the band embarked on their first headlining tour, with the single 'Sweet Disposition' receiving significant airplay and appearances in commercials and television shows. Shortly afterward the band received an APRA songwriting award for 'Sweet Disposition'.This was followed by comeback tour in Australia in July, playing to crowds of over 5000 people; their second largest to date, being the first one Mexicos City's Corona Fest on october 16.
In an interview with a Melbourne newspaper in July 2010, the Temper Trap revealed that they are planning to work on their second album in the near future - as soon as their scheduled tour comes to an end - and slated the release of their 'crucial second album' as being sometime in late 2011.