New York based duo, Tempers, have released their new album Private Life on Dais Records.
The duo comprise of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper, and the band are nowned for incorporating dark indie, electronica and synthesizers into their three albums to date.
Private Life though is something far different than their previous work; they have honed their minimalist craft to create this unique document of living in this melancholic world at the moment.
From the opening track 'Capital Gains' there is a sense of opening up from an internal world of liking other people's interests and focus on your own.
The song titles back this up an introspective notion from 'Peace of Mind' to 'Push/Pull', these are songs about loneliness and melancholy whilst living in the big city.
While some songs can be described as electronic dirge, this is integral to creating the soundscape necessary to an album; which breathes when you listen to it in one sitting. It may be sombre but there is a sense of uplifting by the time of track 8, 'More Than You Realized'.
All in all, electronica is a difficult genre to nail as it can become out and out dull, yet Tempers have created a unique atmosphere that personally would be great to hear on an album and one that is befitting the current mood of alienation travailing across the many spheres.
My thanks to One Beat PR for the review opportunity.
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