{"id":34504,"date":"2020-06-24T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34504"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:52:39","slug":"tempesst-announce-debut-album-must-be-a-dream-share-new-single-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34504","title":{"rendered":"Tempesst announce debut album &#8216;Must Be A Dream&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">London-based indie-rock quintet&nbsp;Tempesst&nbsp;have announced their debut album&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019 will be released on&nbsp;September 30th, via&nbsp;Pony Recordings. Along with the album announcement, the band have also released the album\u2019s first single&nbsp;<em>On The Run<\/em>, alongside a candid studio video directed by the band\u2019s very own Andy Banjanin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A vivid, expansive sample of the band\u2019s upcoming full length;&nbsp;<em>On The Run<\/em> and the forthcoming album follow Tempesst\u2019s two previously released EP\u2019s \u2018Adult Wonderland\u2019 and \u2018Doomsday\u2019, both widely lauded for their &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s influenced indie-psych fusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On new single <em>On The Run<\/em>, the band&nbsp;layer vocal harmonies on top of reverb heavy instrumentation orchestrated far and wide into a massive psychedelic pop exploration.&nbsp;It\u2019s all brought back to earth by Tempesst vocalist Toma Banjanin\u2019s slithering baritone and stories of death, substance abuse and the loss of innocence forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the new single, singer Toma&nbsp;shared: \u201c<em>On The Run was written&nbsp;about a close friend who disappeared for a decade and returned as someone completely different, and it\u2019s an ongoing trauma. When I connected the music to the lyrics to try and finish the song, it felt like it had a rolling rhythm, so the chorus fell into place from there. For me, this song carries a lot more emotional weight.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the video clip for <em>On The Run<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7q8_R7AGng?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consisting of Sunshine Coast, Australia born twin brothers Toma (vocals, guitars) and Andy Banjanin (drums); the band is rounded out by fellow Australian\u2019s Kane Reynolds (keys) and Blake Misipeka (bass), and Swiss\/American guitarist Eric Weber. Now all residing in London where upcoming debut album&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019 was written and recorded, Tempesst have become well known for their sweeping, psych-touched indie rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by longstanding collaborator Elliot Heinrich, and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (known for his work with Parquet Courts, Temples, Yak, and Sorry),&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019&nbsp;came together at the band\u2019s very own Pony Studios, a studio space that Tempesst built themselves in Hackney, East London.&nbsp;A massive step forward from their previous short format releases,&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019 is a wide-eyed excursion of folk-tinged psychedelia with nods to Spiritualized, Galaxie 500, the Flaming Lips and the Beach Boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten tracks of psychedelic pop grandiosity, combining the classic teachings of Laurel Canyon-esque folk harmonization with bombastic sensibilities found in the works of Love, ELO, Pink Floyd, Wings and more.&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A&nbsp;Dream\u2019 is a paradox of complexity and musical prowess shrouded beneath deceivingly simple pop melodies, producing a dense, sun-kissed record that explores themes of identity, purpose, ageing,&nbsp;love,&nbsp;loss, substance abuse, the death of loved ones and remembering the beauty beneath it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/22decc7ae58bc37f5aabe1a6c\/_compresseds\/ec09fba6-c284-4fb2-9970-bf594aa9c389.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Tempest Must Be A Dream cover artwork\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018<strong>Must Be A Dream\u2019 track list<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Better Than The Devil<br>2. Must Be A\u00a0Dream<br>3. High On My Own<br>4. Mushroom Cloud<br>5. Walk On The Water\u00a0<br>6. On The Run\u00a0<br>7. Age Of The Bored<br>8. With A\u00a0Woman<br>9. Is This All That There Is?\u00a0<br>10. Voices In My Head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempesst\u2019s new single <em>On The Run<\/em> is out now, released June 17th. Debut album&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019 is released&nbsp;September 30th via&nbsp;Pony Recordings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>London-based indie-rock quintet&nbsp;Tempesst&nbsp;have announced their debut album&nbsp;\u2018Must Be A Dream\u2019 will be released on&nbsp;September 30th, via&nbsp;Pony Recordings. Along with the album announcement, the band have <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34504\" title=\"Tempesst announce debut album &#8216;Must Be A Dream&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Tempesst announce debut album 'Must Be A Dream' + share new single \u2018On The Run\u2019 @tempesstband","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30],"tags":[9322,2128,9323],"class_list":["post-34504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-must-be-a-dream","tag-on-the-run","tag-tempesst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/13C55012-FF49-4834-A87E-7A836D1A59E9.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8Yw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35362,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35362","url_meta":{"origin":34504,"position":0},"title":"Tempesst announce new single \u2018Walk on the Water\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"London via Australia folk\/psych rockers\u00a0Tempesst\u00a0have shared their new single Walk on the Water, released alongside a stunning new video shot in the mountains of Snowdonia. 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