[Gig Review] - The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap, Festival Hall, Wed 24th Apr 2013.
After a multi year stint in London, the Temper Trap have finally returned to their home base for an Australian tour. The crowd was definitely pumped to welcome the boys back to their hometown, with the first song of the night (Love Lost) setting the scene for a great night. The playlist throughout was a good mix of songs from both Conditions and The Temper Trap, with the added bonus of one new unreleased song from the album that they have been working on thrown in. I didn't quite catch the name of it, but it sounded good. Stating the obvious here but the lead singers' (Dougy Mandagi) voice is amazing, extremely high range but powerful enough to still hold on to masculine undertones.
What made it for me, along with the tunes and the vibe of the crowd, were the visuals. The lights and coloured smoke created some pretty decent silhouettes, especially when he was banging his drums up the front of the stage for Drum Song. The girls were also quite taken with his dance moves - or should I say dance motioning - really giving meaning to the saying "It's all in the hips"... And despite its inherent sketchiness, Festival Hall is ok if you're on the floor, up the front with a decent view of the stage.
They finished with Sweet Disposition, and forgive me for sounding like one of the fashion-retarded douche-bag coaches off The Voice, but it was a moment. The crowd went nuts, great way to end the night by having the Temper Trap and the entirety of the Festival Hall crowd belt it out together.
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After a multi year stint in London, the Temper Trap have finally returned to their home base for an Australian tour. The crowd was definitely pumped to welcome the boys back to their hometown, with the first song of the night (Love Lost) setting the scene for a great night. The playlist throughout was a good mix of songs from both Conditions and The Temper Trap, with the added bonus of one new unreleased song from the album that they have been working on thrown in. I didn't quite catch the name of it, but it sounded good. Stating the obvious here but the lead singers' (Dougy Mandagi) voice is amazing, extremely high range but powerful enough to still hold on to masculine undertones.
What made it for me, along with the tunes and the vibe of the crowd, were the visuals. The lights and coloured smoke created some pretty decent silhouettes, especially when he was banging his drums up the front of the stage for Drum Song. The girls were also quite taken with his dance moves - or should I say dance motioning - really giving meaning to the saying "It's all in the hips"... And despite its inherent sketchiness, Festival Hall is ok if you're on the floor, up the front with a decent view of the stage.
They finished with Sweet Disposition, and forgive me for sounding like one of the fashion-retarded douche-bag coaches off The Voice, but it was a moment. The crowd went nuts, great way to end the night by having the Temper Trap and the entirety of the Festival Hall crowd belt it out together.
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| Photo Acknowledgement: Marnie |
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