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Neo-psychedelic pop band Temples have been together barely a year but have already been called the best new band in Britain by some of the country’s biggest rock stars (Noel Gallagher, Johnny Marr, Robert Wyatt). Even considering the hype the English tend to heap on fledgling bands, few could deny that Temples have something going on.
The sprawling Colours To Life from their debut North American 7-inch oozes hazy melodies, a memorable chorus and the kind of inventive, gauzily layered retro-future studio production that Tame Impala have perfected. Shelter Song has a chiming Paperback Writerly guitar riff and heads down a path of intertwined-vocal psych groove.
Upfront hooks and drum-thumping fun prevent the young Kettering four-piece from ever getting lost in the fog of studio trickery, swirling atmospherics and long-winded jams. Also sweet? Singer/guitarist James Edward Bagshaw is a dead ringer for Marc Bolan.
Top track: Shelter Song
Temples make their Canadian debut at the Horseshoe, Wednesday (November 20).