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May 1, 2014The album's second half gets weighed down with too many overlong songs that wander into the weeds.
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Mar 12, 2014Temples aren’t reinventing anything here so much as adding a distinctly British twist to well-trodden ground.
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Feb 12, 2014Sun Structures is a record made with flair and skill by a band who know exactly what they’re doing--and that’s the problem. Temples are trying so hard to be something else that we lose track of who they actually are.
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MojoFeb 11, 2014At every turn there are moves unarguably adjacent to Revolver, The Zombies, early Byrds, and, in the title track strident harmonies, The Mamas & The Papas.... The tunes throughout, though, are original, and infectious. [Mar 2014, p.94]
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Feb 12, 2014When you're operating within a strict template, you have to find some distinctive way to fill it out--a felicitous phrasing here, an unexpected chord change there. Without those elements, there's little on Sun Structures to remind you that you are, in fact, listening to a new band called Temples.
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Feb 14, 2014The base problem is that Temples’ narrow sonic pallet holds them back from being exciting rather than just being good. For now they’re a fun, talented, and faceless rock band.
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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2014What Sun Structures lacks is a bit of fire in its belly. [Mar 2014, p.109]
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Feb 11, 2014What's lacking are the fun and wit of a great Summer of Love 45.
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Feb 6, 2014Strangely for a psychedelic band, Temples could do with expanding their minds a little.
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Feb 7, 2014It remains to be seen whether the band can transcend their influences and develop a sound that’s solely theirs.
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Feb 10, 2014If it's a familiar trip, it's also a highly entertaining one--not least Sand Dance's sprightly, shamanic caper.
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