\n\tFollowing the release of Thick as Thieves in 2018 and a tour that took them across the globe, the band stepped away from the spotlight. Lead singer Dougy Mandagi packed up and moved to Berlin, surrounding himself in the city\u2019s groundbreaking electronic music culture before relocating to Indonesia, his home country. Meanwhile, drummer Toby Dundas opened a recording studio and composed original music for films; bassist Jonathon Aherne released a solo project from America; and guitarist Joseph Greer pursued his passion in teaching.<\/p>\n
\n\tAccording to a press release, the Temper Trap \u201ctentatively\u201d headed back into the studio following their four-year hiatus from touring and writing. The group collaborated across continents, sending demos to each other and reuniting in Melbourne for studio sessions.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cWith time apart and much personal growth from us all, Sungazer feels like it\u2019s captured the most pure collection of music we\u2019ve ever made,\u201d the band said in a statement. \u201cWe had more fun making this record and in the writing room than on any of the previous records we\u2019ve done. We\u2019re in a great place creatively and in our friendships, we\u2019re closer than ever. Being back into the studio together really felt like coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe album announcement arrives just days after the band announced it will support Muse during their tour in North America this summer and the Temper Trap\u2019s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform their single \u201cGiving Up Air.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tThe band has previewed Sungazer with additional singles \u201cInto The Wild\u201d and \u201cLucky Dimes,\u201d and will also be releasing the title track Wednesday evening. Mandagi describes \u201cSungazer\u201d as a heartfelt tribute to his son. \u201cSungazer is a song I wrote as a declaration to my little boy Ziggy before he was born,\u201d said the singer. \u201cThe lyrics are a promise to him, to be with him throughout his life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWith time apart and much personal growth from us all, Sungazer feels like it\u2019s captured the most pure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,178568],"class_list":{"0":"post-371394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-the-temper-trap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}