Conditions (CD)

The Temper Trap's mix of choirboy vocals and ringing, U2-influenced guitars earned them significant buzz in Melbourne, Australia, where the band first rose to local prominence after playing the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival in March 2006. The Temper Trap released its debut EP that same year, and word of the group's potential soon spread to other continents. Veteran British producer Jim Abbiss (who previously helmed the Arctic Monkeys' meteoric debut) saw similar promise in the Temper Trap's panoramic sound. Flying to Australia, he gathered the musicians into Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios and helped ready their debut album (CONDITIONS) for a 2009 release.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Glass Note
• UPC: 892038002213
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113816767
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #1097 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Temper Trap attracted its first batch of international fans with "Sweep Disposition," a pop anthem framed by the influence of Jeff Buckley's falsetto and U2's guitar delay. A similar sound fuels the strongest tracks on CONDITIONS, which takes additional cues from the sweeping, effects-laden strains of BENDS-era Radiohead and Coldplay. The insistent percussion and tasteful synths are partially responsible for such comparisons, but the most obvious link between Temper Trap and the bands it so avidly adores is singer Dougy Mandagi, an impassioned tenor who hoots, coos, croons, and courts melodrama with all the open-armed enthusiasm of a theater student. He's a fantastic singer and fairly capable songwriter--two essential qualities for a frontman who takes cues from the giants of stadium pop/rock--but he's also a middling lyricist, concerned with topics that are far smaller than the cathedrals and sweeping landscapes his music evokes. Album highlights like "Sweet Disposition," "Love Lost," and "Fader" are tell-tale signs of a band worthy of scaling the Joshua Tree, however, even if Temper Trap has a lot of growing up to do beforehand.

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