Australian indie rockers The Temper Trap have finally pulled back the curtains on their long-awaited third studio album. The new record, entitled Thick as Thieves, has been three years in the making, and will feature production work from Grammy award-nominated producer Malay, who had previously worked on Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE and Zayn Malik’s Mind of Mine. In addition to the announcement, the band also premiered a new, electronically-charged track from the album, “Fall Together”; the second cut from the album released by the band, after the spaciously-produced title track was released as a single in February.
Thick as Thieves will notably be the band’s first without founding member and lead guitarist for over a decade, Lorenzo Sillitto, who had parted ways with the band in October 2013, citing a need to “try new things”, after what he described as “an experience I will never forget and one that changed my life.” The Temper Trap had reached stardom in Australian music culture and achieved international success with their first two albums, 2009’s Conditions and 2012’s self-titled The Temper Trap, the former of which certified Platinum in Australia and Gold in the United Kingdom.
Along with the new album’s official release date of June 10, 2016, the band also unveiled the album’s light-hearted artwork, which features two children identically dressed in camo shorts, white singlets and werewolf masks. The band also debuted the album’s fifth track, “Fall Together”, a song where profound lyrics describe a tangled love-hate relationship between two people. A triumphant electronic rock opus, the track features a perfect equilibrium between instruments and electronics, contrasting the heavyweight electronic and pop rock-centric sounds of the band’s previous studio album. You can check out the brand new slice from Thick as Thieves down below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlB6eF2Y3A
Thick as Thieves will be released by Liberation Records in Australia and the United Kingdom and by Glassnote Records in the United States on June 10, 2016. You can pre-order the album on iTunes. A limited-edition 10″ white vinyl version of the album is also available to pre-order in Australia through JB Hi-Fi.
