Temples Release Explosive Single ‘Cicada’ From Sean Lennon-Produced Album

British psychedelic rock quartet Temples shared an explosive new single, “Cicada.” The track appears on Exotico, the band’s forthcoming album produced by Sean Ono Lennon, which will be released by ATO Records on April 14.

Temples – guitarist James Bagshaw, bassist Tom Walmsley, keyboardist/guitarist Adam Smith and drummer Rens Ottink – recorded the follow-up to 2019’s Hot Motion with Ono Lennon in England at studios in London, Brighton and Worcestershire. The 16-song Exotico was mixed by Dave Fridmann.

Bolstered by the use of a copper percussion instrument called a Marvin, Bagshaw described “Cicada” as “something out of a steampunk museum.”

“You never really see cicadas,” Bagshaw added, “but you can imagine them having a frantic life, and to me that song feels like a huge army of them whipped into a frenzy.”

Walmsley further described “Cicada,” stating:

“‘Cicada’ came from being inspired by the sound of cicadas, and the idea of emerging from the underground after a long time of being suppressed. We were attempting to turn that sound into a sort of dance rhythm, and once we started working with Sean we really built up the production by digging into his cupboard of keyboards and synths.”

Listen to the latest Temples single, “Cicada,” below: