Today’s song, featured on The Morning Show with John Richards, is "Hot Motion" by Temples, from the 2019 album Hot Motion on ATO Records.
WRITTEN BY JANICE HEADLEY

British psych-rockers Temples return this fall with their third full-length Hot Motion, whose title track is today's KEXP Song of the Day. The new album was recorded in a home studio owned by vocalist James Bagshaw, located in the English midlands. 

“It felt like there was a darker edge to what we were coming up with and we wanted to make sure that carried through the whole record,” bassist Thomas Walmsley stated via a press release. “It’s not a ten track, relentless rock record from start to finish, it’s got a lot of light and shade and more tender moments, but that heavier, darker sound is something we wanted to explore further.”

Hot Motion will be out September 27th via ATO Records.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

October
11-13 – Perris, CA, USA @ Desert Daze Festival
15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
17  – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room
18 – Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
19 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
21 – Dallas, TX @ The Granada Theatre
22 –  Austin, TX @ Stubbs
24 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
25-27 – New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music Experience
28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
30 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
31-  Chicago, IL @ Metro
 
November
02 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
04 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
05 – Monreal, QC @ L’Astral
07 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
08 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10  – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
 

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