{"id":9919,"date":"2026-04-02T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-temper-trap-new-album\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:50:02","slug":"the-temper-trap-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-temper-trap-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temper Trap \u2018Gaze\u2019 Again On New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/The-Temper-Trap-Sungazer-single-LEAD-Press-Shot-Credit-%40zimmermann.alberto-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>(photo: Alberto Zimmerman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For a band whose songs once felt inescapable to those coming of age in the early 2010s, vanishing for nearly a decade is a risky move. For Australia\u2019s the Temper Trap, it seems to have been a necessary one. The group has announced its first LP in 10 years, <em>Sungazer<\/em>, which will be out July 10 in Mushroom Music.<\/p>\n<p>Its soaring, deeply personal title track is out now, following prior pre-release singles \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qbXUE7AM_l4\" target=\"_blank\">Giving Up Air<\/a>,\u201d \u201cInto the Wild\u201d and \u201cLucky Dimes.\u201d \u201cWe had more fun making this record than any before,\u201d the band says of the follow-up to 2016\u2019s <em>Thick as Thieves<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re in a great place creatively and in our friendships. Being back in the studio felt like coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/olivia-rodrigo-details-third-album\/\">Olivia Rodrigo Details Third Album<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/brady-ebert-attempted-murder\/\">Ex-Turnstile Member Brady Ebert Arrested For Attempted Murder<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/maggie-rogers-colbert-foundation\/\">Maggie Rogers Salutes Colbert, Launches Foundation<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"9uyOf34IM3w\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The group is best known for its massive singles \u201cSweet Disposition\u201d and \u201cLove Lost,\u201d which quickly turned it into an international phenomenon. By 2018, that pace had taken its toll. Frontman Dougy Mandagi relocated first to Berlin, immersing himself in electronic music, before returning to Indonesia. Drummer Toby Dundas pivoted into film scoring, bassist Jonathon Aherne released solo material from the U.S., and guitarist Joseph Greer stepped into teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Only after four years away from touring and writing did they reconvene, and tentatively at first. Working remotely across time zones before regrouping in Melbourne, the band built <em>Sungazer<\/em> piece by piece. Written by Mandagi as a promise to his son before he was born, the title track shifts from the band\u2019s usual widescreen romanticism for something quieter and more intimate\u2014at least at first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/muse-summer-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">As previously reported<\/a>, the Temper Trap will return to the road in a big way later this year while opening for Muse in North America. Festival appearances are also on tap at Milwaukee\u2019s Summerfest and San Francisco\u2019s Outside Lands.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo: Alberto Zimmerman) For a band whose songs once felt inescapable to those coming of age in the early 2010s, vanishing for nearly a decade is a risky move. 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