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The Temper Trap Last time in Houston: 9 years ago

Venue

House of Blues - Houston

1204 Caroline St., 77002, Houston, TX, US

www.houseofblues.com/houston

Capacity: 1,500

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Doors open: 19:00

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The Temper Trap biography

The Temper Trap is an Australian indie rock/ pop band from Melbourne, Victoria. The core members are Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aheme, Toby Dundas and Joseph Greer.

The Temper Trap was formed in 2005 when Mandagi, who was already teaching Aherne to play guitar, met Dundas and the three of them formed a band with Mandagi on vocals and lead guitar, Dundas on drums and Aherne on bass. They had auditioned a number of guitarists and eventually settled on Dundas’ former college roommate, Lorenzo Sillitto. In 2006 the group signed with Liberation Music and released their first EP entitled “The Temper Trap,” which was well received; additionally their live performances garnered a lot of praise.

While recording their second album “Conditions” the band traveled to the UK and gained more attention, leading to their signing with Infectious Records for European release. Additionally they traveled to the United States where they played a few gigs and were signed by Glassnote Records for US release. “Conditions” was released in 2009 led off by the single “Sweet Disposition” which reached three times platinum in their home of Australia, platinum in the UK and gold in the US. Throughout 2010 The Temper Trap set out on tour across Europe, including appearances at various summer music festivals such as Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury, V Festival and Roskilde Festival. Towards the end of the year they toured the United States and won the Best Group award at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards.

Throughout early 2012 the band extensively toured the United States, the UK and Australia and made numerous appearances at festivals worldwide. In addition they also released their sophomore album, “The Temper Trap” led off by the single “Need Your Love.” In October 2013 it was announced that Sillitto parted ways with the band and was replaced by Joseph Greer.

Live reviews

The Temper Trap was really good live when I saw them in Sydney last year. Their performance was an ideal concert experience.

They sang many of their well-known songs, including Sweet Disposition, which is my personal favorite. The band actually ended with this number as a second encore and I think that the song ended the concert off perfectly. It was a song everyone knew, both fans and audience members who were just there for a good show.

Their energy coming on stage was unlike any other. This performance reminded me of one from the 70s or 80s and had a very Woodstock, hipsterish feel, from the music to the way the band was dressed. There are many instruments involved in their concerts, which give plenty of energy – although the stage was a little small for a performance stage, so with that many instruments they were very close together and squashed throughout the entire show.

The long intro on Sweet Disposition was a great way to just take everything in and remember everything I had just seen during the performance. My favorite part of the entire concert is that second verse of Sweet Disposition because the band got really energetic and seemed most passionate at that moment. However, the entire show was amazing.

The concert was standing room only and stage was raised so I could see everything really well. There was a good number of people there, but it wasn’t too crowded, it just added to the great energy.

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