Temples live in New York (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)
Temples are back, and their new single ‘Certainty‘ has been worth the wait.
“When writing the melody for ‘Certainty’, I wanted to create something with almost an eerie, early Disney vibe, something playful and harmonious, but with a dark twist,” frontman James Bagshaw says of it.
“Producing the song was as much about layering as it was about sparseness – the verses needed to reveal the thumping motion of the bass and the reflective lyrics, and the melody had to be paired with the right ambience.”
Temples follow their 2014 debut ‘Sun Structures‘ early next year, and play a show at the London Oslo on October 6th.
“The chorus was approached in an opposite way, layer after layer, thickening the sound,” Bagshaw concludes. “There’s a blend between moog bass, and actual bass, and the song switches between synthetic and analogue sounds throughout. The guitar mirrors the synth, and vice versa.”
