The Temper Trap have been tipped as the best band to come out of Australia for the last ten years and despite being an avid Jet and Wolfmother fan, I agree. Why? Whats not to like? Progressive and easy on the ear, its hard to take a dislike to this band with melodic guitar playing and inventive rhythms.

Yet despite this, The Temper Trap still have their haters and, to be fair, the music is an acquired taste. However if they are good enough for the likes of Cold War Kids and Kasabian, then there must be something about them. There alternative sound has has been professionally crafted with Vocals from Dougy that would not be out of place in a choir while the guitarist Lorenzo adds a U2 “edge” to the band.

It must be said that it is probably too early to judge the band as their hit single “Sweet Disposition” is a decent track but it’s not the most outstanding song. With  years ahead of them to produce more material, the and could make a great noise and live up to their speculation. Or, they could become a bit of flop and sound like a musical experiment but one ting is for sure, they need to improve their impact and presence but, if this is not the best the band can be, then we have some very exciting years ahead.

Long Beach band Cold War Kids have announced a new autumn tour. Well, to be honest I’m not sure how new is new, but NME has just alerted me to it, so we’ll go with fairly new.

They’ll play the below dates. Tickets vary between £11 each to £14 each.

Tuesday 23rd October – Wolverhampton Wulfren Hall
Wednesday 24th October – Manchester Academy
Thursday 25th October – Glasgow Barrowland
Saturday 27th October – Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 12th November – London Shepherds Bush Empire
Tuesday 13th November – Dublin Ambassador

Photo comes from hi-tekznologik’s flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.