Temples, Radio Day Stage, SXSW, Austin, Friday 14 March 2014

Introduced as the best way to wrap up a great day on this stage, Temples played grooving rock songs with a swirling 60s psychedelic feel. There was a real buzz in the crowd as the band started, and people rushed up to the stage to take photos.

The band looked like a dressed down Marc Bolan and T-Rex, and brought with them a tinge of more recent scouse psychedelia from bands like the Zutons, the Coral and the La's with a slightly heavy, almost metal, guitar undercurrent.

A song called Sundance had quite a dark, spooky feel, pulsing thrum of the rhythm  running beneath the vocals.  Throughout the set they created an interesting sound, rocky, but also similar to the baggy grooves of Jaguar Ma and the late 80s Manchester bands.

The songs also had a lot more too them, and more depth, than is often the case with "buzz" bands, leaving us optimistic for what the band might create in future.

Other SXSW 2014 reviews from Broken Biscuit Records:
Damon Albarn
Gruff Rhys
Woman’s Hour
Wolf Alice
Jeremy Messersmith