- Luke Temple
Luke Temple is an American pop-folk
singer-songwriter , born inSalem, Massachusetts . He is an alumnus of theSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . While living inNew York , making a living by painting murals in wealthy New Yorkers' apartments, [Luke Temple Lights Match, postedApril 22 , 2005.
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deathcabforcutie/articles/story/7268787/luke_temple_lights_match] he released a four song self-titled EP, recorded entirely on a four-track recorder. With this, he was signed toMill Pond Records inSeattle, Washington .Sufjan Stevens has said he "has one of the most beautiful voices in pop music." [Review of "Snowbeast" http://www.musicremedy.com/l/Luke_Temple/album/Snowbeast-4204.html]His first CD, "
Hold A Match to a Gasoline World ", released late in 2005, took "Make Right With You" and "In the End" from his EP, and expanded it to an 11 song album.Rolling Stone described "Hold a Match to a Gasoline World" as "a collection of songs that even the most jaded anti-folk hipster could catch himself humming on the street."Rolling Stone review of "Hold A Match to a Gasoline World", postedMay 19 , 2005. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/7285880/hold_a_match_for_a_gasoline_world]His song "Make Right With You" was featured in an episode of
Grey's Anatomy , season 3's "Where the Boys Are". In June of 2007, Temple supported the bandGuster for three dates inLondon .His second album, "Snowbeast", was released on
August 21 . Nine months prior to release, he had several songs for it available both on hisMySpace page [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=6714970] and on his official website.The Onion A.V. Club gave the album an A-, describing the opening song, "Saturday People," as "one of 2007's best songs...a trilling, rolling, delightfully disjointed indie-folk anthem packed with nonsense words delivered in a rangy, angelic voice." [ [http://www.avclub.com/content/music/luke_temple Luke Temple | The A.V. Club ] ]External links
* [http://www.millpondrecords.com/?pageID=38 Official Page on Mill Pond Records]
* [http://www.timmcmahan.com/luke.htm Lazy-i Interview: March 2005]
* [http://www.daytrotter.com/reviews/1201/best Daytrotter's best of 2007]
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