Temples – Live At London Calling – Nov. 2, 2012 –
Temples hasn’t been around that long. But in the short time they’ve been together, they’ve managed to create a lot of buzz with the UK press and audiences and have landed themselves in the enviable position of being “band to watch for 2012”.
Recorded by the venerable VPRO Radio Network on November 2nd 2012, giving every indication the Press got it right for once.
Flash forward to this year; Temples performed at the Rye Music Festival in Wuhan, China, on April 12–13, 2025. They also played a concert at the Fulang Dance Club in Beijing on April 13, 2025, as well as two European summer festivals: Sons no Montijo in Montijo, Portugal on July 25, 2025 and Semana Grande in Gijón, Spain on July 28, 2025.
There’s no announcement of new albums or EPs this year. Their most recent major release was the Exotico album (released April 14, 2023, and the Other Structures EP and celebratory tour for the 10th anniversary of Sun Structures took place in late 2024.
So now you know – dive back to 2012 and give a listen to Temples as they were, just getting things rolling.
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Now back to Temples.
