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The Temper Trap
Australian indie rock band
The Temper Trap are an Australian indie rock band formed in 2005 by Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, and Toby Dundas. In 2008, the group relocated from Melbourne to London.
The band released their debut album Conditions in June 2009 to favourable reviews and commercial success; it peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart and into the top 30 on the UK Albums Chart. Its lead single, "Sweet Disposition", peaked in the top 10 on the Belgian, Irish and UK Singles Charts and reached No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 in November, The Temper Trap won Best Group and Most Popular Australian Single for "Sweet Disposition". Their eponymous second album was released in late May/early June 2012 under Liberation Music (AUS), Infectious Records (UK) and Glassnote Records (US).
The Temper Trap formed as an indie pop band in 2005. Indonesian-born Mandagi, who is originally from Manado and a grand-nephew of Arie Frederik Lasut, was a busker in Melbourne, Australia, in 1999 when he met Aherne, who wanted to learn to play guitar. Six years later, Mandagi met Dundas while the pair worked in a clothing store. In 2005, the three friends decided to form a band, with Mandagi on vocals and guitars, and Dundas on drums, while Aherne was later convinced to join on bass guitar by Mandagi. The group was named "The Temper Trap" after Temper Temper, the trio's first choice, was rejected due to its use by a United States (US) band. The Temper Trap rehearsed with a variety of second guitarists before Dundas recommended his former...
Australian indie rock band that formed in 2005.
Line-up:
Dougy Mandagi - Vocs/guitar
Jonathon 'Jonny' Aherne - Bass
Lorenzo Sillitto - Lead guitar/keys
Toby Dundas - Drums/programming
Joseph Greer - keyboards/guitar
Also known as: TTRAPS, Temper Trap, Temper Traps, The Tender Trap
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
The Temper Trap, the records, oldest first
The Temper Trap
2006 ep
Conditions
2009 album
wanted
The Temper Trap
2012 album
Acoustic Sessions
2013 ep
Thick as Thieves
2016 album
Sungazer
2026 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Sweet Disposition" is a song by Australian indie rock band the Temper Trap. Described by critics as an "indie anthem", the song was written by Dougy Mandagi and Lorenzo Sillitto.
"Sweet Disposition" peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Outside Australia, "Sweet Disposition" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Music videos
There are three music videos for the song. The Australian/domestic version, directed by Madeline Griffith, features the band performing alongside slow motion footage of light bulbs smashing on the floor.
Reception
Freddy Pawle from Rolling Stone Australia said "De Laet's remix features bouncy echoes of the original chorus atop a trance-inducing beat built for both mainstream and underground fans to sing along to."
"Love Lost" is the fourth single from the Australian indie rock band the Temper Trap from their debut album Conditions. It reached number 32 on the Australian Singles Chart on 12 April 2010.
Music video
The video was directed by Dougal Wilson and principal photography took place at Walthamstow Marshes in East London over the course of two days, with a scene notable for being under the Alliott Verdon Roe railway bridge arches. It premiered on April 12, 2009 in Australia and New Zealand on broadcast networks and was uploaded to YouTube on May 10, 2010. It begins on a rainy overcast day with a ferocious P.E. teacher in a harsh voice, ordering a class of prepubescent boys to run an endurance lap, with the boys synchronizing warm-up stretches that double as dance moves, jumping into puddles, are joined by a class of girls, then the boys set off firecrackers with synchronized arm sweeps then two boys do backflips.
