Temples announce new album produced by Sean Ono Lennon; share first song/video

TEMPLES RETURN WITH EXOTICO; PRODUCED BY SEAN ONO LENNON, MIXED BY DAVE FRIDMANN   BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BAND UNVEIL FIRST NEW LP IN CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS   FIRST SINGLE, “GAMMA RAYS,” PREMIERES TODAY – LISTEN   OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO STREAMING NOW – WATCH   EXOTICO ARRIVES VIA ATO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 14   PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW L to R: Adam Smith, Rens Ottink, James Bagshaw, Tom Walmsley Photo Credit: Molly Daniel

“One of the more exciting psychedelic bands of their time.” – ALLMUSIC   Temples have announced the release of their long-awaited new album, Exotico, arriving everywhere via ATO Records on Friday, April 14. The album will be available digitally as well on CD, standard vinyl, pink vinyl (indie exclusive), cloudy blue vinyl (band store), splatter vinyl (Levitation exclusive), and a Rough Trade exclusive (color tbd). Pre-orders are available now. Produced by labelmate Sean Ono Lennon and mixed by GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, MGMT), Exotico is heralded by today’s premiere of the stratospheric first single, “Gamma Rays,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video is streaming now on YouTube.   In the verse lyrics we’re talking about the grandness of nature,” says Temples’ James Bagshaw. “And then the chorus flips that on its head, it sounds like a rejoiceful summer tune about soaking up the rays, but the truth is that soaking up gamma rays will kill you. So, it’s about that juxtaposition of beauty and danger that we often find in nature.”   “Filming in Benidorm was inspiring,” says video director Molly Daniel. “It's a very surreal and futuristic space – like Margate meets Vegas meets the end of the world! I wanted a video that felt fast-paced and took you on a journey through some great locations.”   LISTEN TO “GAMMA RAYS” WATCH "GAMMA RAYS" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PRE-ORDER EXOTICO   Temples’ fourth studio album and first full-length recording since 2019’s acclaimed Hot Motion, Exotico marks the British psychedelic rock quartet’s most far-reaching collection thus far, a 16-track panoramic musical travelogue set beyond the horizon on an impossibly utopic island where every song serves as a different stop along the atoll, from beaches with azure blue waters to forest canopies enveloped in rare birdsong. Recorded in studios in London, Brighton, and Worcestershire, songs like “Afterlife” and “Oval Stones” see Temples painting visionary new vistas with cascading melodic waterfalls, contemplative lyrical exploration, and an imaginative creative wanderlust unlike anything previously heard in the band’s already ambitious body of work.   Temples will celebrate the arrival of Exotico with a sweeping international live schedule to be announced soon. Upcoming dates include an intimate UK tour set to get underway February 1 in Birmingham, followed by stops in Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, London, and Cardiff. For complete details, please visit www.templestheband.com/live.     TEMPLES - LIVE 2023 FEBRUARY 1 - Birmingham, UK - The Castle and Falcon 2 - Manchester, UK - YES (The Pink Room) 3 - Leeds, UK - Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen 4 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo 5 - London, UK - Lafayette 6 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach   Temples is: James Bagshaw (guitar, vocals) Tom Walmsley (bass guitar, backing vocals), Adam Smith (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Rens Ottink (drums and percussion).   # # #   PRAISE FOR HOT MOTION:   “Temples have achieved the almost unachievable in 2019, a rock album that is required listening from start to finish, rather than being a collection of singles and skippable filler. They ought to be applauded for this, and the record ought to be lapped up by a public longing for depth and heft in its music.” – UNDER THE RADAR   “A stunning effort all-around…the prospect of where Temples can go from here is one of excitement and thrill.” – CLASH   “The sonic invention – fast-cuts between moods and styles, washy layers of aural colours – never gets in the way of the songs and the result is a triumph.” – Q   “Bigger and brighter than anything Temples have done before … a solid statement that Temples are alive and kicking, drawing fresh inspo from the past without fading into it themselves.” – DIY   “Their hooks seem to call to you from misty, far-off shores, promising mystical rave-ups. Drift in.” – CLASSIC ROCK   # # #   TEMPLES EXOTICO (ATO Records) Release Date: Friday, April 14

Tracklist: Liquid Air Gamma Rays Exotico Sultry Air Cicada Oval Stones Slow Days Crystal Hall Head In The Clouds Giallo Inner Space Meet Your Maker Time Is A Light Fading Actor Afterlife Movements Of Time   CONNECT WITH TEMPLES: TEMPLESTHEBAND.COM | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | YOUTUBE