Temples: Sun Structures

Dylan Owens on March 31, 2014

Thanks to bands like Tame Impala, Thee Oh Sees and Foxygen, the doors of perception for psychedelic music have officially re-opened. England’s Temples are the latest group to slink through the threshold. Unlike the aforementioned modern psych bands, Temples are pure revivalist, relaying the late 60s via two channels: Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds (esp. “Move with the Season,” a cousin of “Turn! Turn! Turn!”). Aside from lead singer James Bagshaw’s lysergic epiphanies, (“A question isn’t answered if an answer isn’t questioned / an answer has a meaning when a meaning has a truth”) the album does remarkably well for its vintage intentions. “Shelter Song” and “Sun Structures” will get you in the door, but whether repo’d or re-imagined, there’s plenty to plunder in Temples’ Sun Structures.

Artist: Temples
Album: Sun Structures
Label: Fat Possum