The Temper Trap are ‘reaching the end’ of the recording of their third album, Dougy Mandagi has told Triple J.
“We are reaching the end,” Mandagi said. “I love touring, I love performing. Now that I can kind of see the finish in the distance I’m getting giddy. There’s a lot more guitars on this record, it’s probably more upbeat, up-tempo songs compared to the last record. Faster songs with a few sombre moments here and there.”
The band have been inspired on new tracks such as ‘Riverina‘ and ‘Summer’s Almost Gone‘ by a Tanzania trip made last year by Mandagi and bassist Jono Aheme to visit a water project.
“As a band we have a water project there that we’ve been involved with and that’s the reason why we went – to see it firsthand,” Mandagi continued. “We got to hang out with the Massai tribe – got to see where they live. Being out in the open plains and waking up in the morning and seeing Mount Kilimanjaro popping up just above the clouds. It was a really inspirational experience and we got a song out of it.”
The Temper Trap have been recording at Montreal’s Golden Ratio studios with producer Damian Taylor.