Tempers - "Unfamiliar" (Official Audio)

"Unfamiliar" is sleek, poetic synth-pop from New York's Tempers, the first single from "New Meaning," out April 1, 2022. Order limited edition vinyl, CD or digital at found.ee/new-m...
The New York City duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper aka Tempers specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop, the latest statement of which feels like the peak fruition of their elusive alchemy. With their self-produced New Meaning, Tempers present an album about navigating the unknown, coping mechanisms and exploring the nature of choice. Its ten songs reflect on the creation of meaning as an access to liberation in times of transition and loss, speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world that is in an ongoing state of crisis.
This is distinctly nocturnal music, elegantly introspective and quietly intense, born of “living in a society that is still a dream of itself.” Tracks like “Unfamiliar,” “Nightwalking,” and “Sightseeing” distill the Tempers template to icy pop perfection, drum machinery framed in shivering reverb, Golestaneh’s voice both ethereal and towering, simultaneously within and above. Cooper speaks of production ideas regarding “human architecture,” breathing life into the precision of electronics, and of melodic intervals “on the exact edge between major and minor, severe and sweet.” On other cuts, Golestaneh and Cooper’s production skews more evocatively greyscale, from new wave shadowplay (“Carried Away”) to depressive disco (“In And Out Of Hand”) to an elegy of hopeful resignation (“Secrets And Lies”). The album’s themes are echoed in the evocative cover photo, Lost Hotel (2016) by Beijing-based photography artist Chen Wei.
New Meaning is a document of forking paths and fleeting transcendence, the celebration of instability and impermanence, of embracing “a constant state of becoming.” Ten anthems for a derailed age, fugitive and sympathetic, nightwalking through an “anguished city” towards a nameless future, poised for rebirth: “When I have / when I have no name / my joy is blinding.”
The album has a companion book of original artwork and lyrics. Jasmine created a hand-made collage for each song, translating it’s sonic landscapes and lyrical themes into concrete images. The book is published by Old Habits Press.
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"Unfamiliar" lyrics:
I had a dream of another place
So I could be another thing
But I was lost just how they like
So I must be where I am and strike
To be true I must be unfamiliar
To be
What’s the shape this new sun
Will it rise and fall like the other one
What’s to come, how and when
Will it all come back again
To be true I must be unfamiliar
I was always in my way
Well I guess that’s how they like me
To be

[@antontobias4355]

Def one of the best bands in this genre 🖤

[@jesusavalos9882]

Qué buena música !

[@darkagecult]

This is perfect...lost for words. Like a endorphine release..

[@emanueledionisi9359]

I had a dream of another place So I could be another thing But I was lost just how they like So I must be where I am and strike [Refrain] To be true, I must be unfamiliar To be true, I must be unfamiliar [Post-Chorus] To be... To be... To be... To be... [Verse 2] What's the shape of this new sun? Will it rise and fall like the other one? What's to come, how and when? Will it all come back again? [Refrain] To be true, I must be unfamiliar To be true, I must be unfamiliar [Bridge] I was always in my way Well, I guess that's how they like mе I was always in my way Well, I guess that's how they likе me [Outro] To be... To be... To be... To be...

[@nyllm.n.louie-alice2412]

Lovely 😇

[@del-marmare1646]

Sublime

[@bineliebtdasmeer650]

❤️❤️❤️🌹

[@DJAndyAllnighter]

Nice ⭐⭐⭐

[@BGlasnost]

This is beautiful

[@Baba9821-k9u]

... outstanding..., thank you!!! 🎶💜

[@marketingpessoal-aartedoco8948]

Cool and catchy! great song!

[@catnoob3419]

1:19

[@catnoob3419]

0:21

[@sharimetuestatenorio3851]

😍😍😎😎🌹🌹

[@ElijahSinclair1220]

Anyone have the lyrics?

[@juanvince3928]

No, i try find the lyrics :(

[@adriaelisa]

we need the lyrics!!!!!

[@YamiSpechie]

so good, well done!

[@killamilla9871]

They’re leaning into that goth sound and I love it, and I know you love it to Yami 🖤🦇

[@verminj]

I love the little stall before the chorus where Alex plays the little riff. Capital Pains and Strange Harvest had something similar and I always dug that. Really builds the song up.

[@gabesmith2838]

No

[@Suzyqz78]

My night is guided by Tempers.

[@silenceblue82]

Wonderfully soft and catchy! 🖤💙🙏

[@MrJuan2211]

MARAVILLOSA VOZ DE LA CHICA

[@catnoob3419]

1:26

[@alangardea2762]

Come back to México please, i love you

[@inrptn]

Please come to Phoenix, AZ !?!

[@ElijahSinclair1220]

That first 10 seconds sounds like a memory I dont know if I have

[@nicolasaitchison1741]

Great song, congratulations guys,any California tours coming up?

[@anabandana666]

Blown away! I see Yami down there admiring too 😄👀💜

[@puhbrox]

I dreamt about this song

[@noxsolarium4611]

It’s really beautiful and atmospheric

[@onlyyesterday1967]

Excellent

[@nicetugboat]

Lets fucking go! Would love to see you come to Australia when shit calms down

[@vincentcornette554]

Hello from Belgium , thanx for your work ,LOV3)!(--- --

[@GrekeFenris]

I seriously cannot get enough of this band! 🖤

[@abdullah_fardm.9725]

😍💪🏾👍🏾💙💜Sheeeesh.

[@catnoob3419]

0:21

[@catnoob3419]

0:21

[@Angelqueue]

Brilliant. I’m obsessed xx

[@catnoob3419]

1:25

[@catnoob3419]

0:23

[@catnoob3419]

1:14

[@farrahpellegrino9195]

WOW this is frakin awesome!!! So dreamy& beautiful 💕🖤💕 🐲🥀🥀🐲

[@PallideMeam]

⚡👑⚡

[@franciscogeneliz]

🌚

[@edwardlopez6253]

Euphoric 🌙🌙🌙

[@didemakbulut2016]

Lyrics please

[@gracekuarz5964]

Brillante!💎💯

[@momiko4904]

amzing

[@bassemtamer7075]

LOVE IT I NEED THE ALBUM ASAP

[@foe9034]

Sounds so familiar... Great work!

[@Nissadjerroud]

❤️

[@farrahpellegrind4986]

WOW! This is lovely...AWESOME👍💞👍 🐍🌹🌹🐍

[@nate2skate265]

New favorite song to listen to often. It has something about it, so fresh and underground f, something easy and not a huge production or overproduced

[@bassemtamer7075]

DROP THE ALBUM 💙💙💙💙

[@ricardokool1]

BOOM 2021

[@Niedziel_]

Name of Genere this music is ?...

[@dearlucass]

Synthpop, Dark Wave, Electropop

[@marianopereira8737]

Bravíssimo👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MiguelLopez-sf3tv]

I loved¡¡

[@strangekindoffish9898]

Oh YES !!

[@carlosbenignoquintero4222]

so good

[@matto4178]

love this band

[@wallacesousuke1433]

🥰🥰🥰 just listened to this gem on the radio and had to search the name of the song and band

[@vivawebmarketing]

this song is exactly what the doctor ordered

[@Diamondsky66]

Beautiful, thank you x

[@paulo-magum3621]

Makes me goosebumps....driving at night and listen to this masterpiece......music is not lost---there is still hope

[@sliverscreen]

⛓🖤🖤⛓