Temples will release new album Bliss on 26th June 2026.
The Kettering four-piece’s first LP in three years, Bliss finds the band exploring what they describe as “melancholic euphoria”. While still rooted in their psychedelic foundations, the record widens its frame, drawing on the expansive electronics and atmosphere-building instincts of Massive Attack and Underworld.
As the band explain, “it’s about permission: to let go, to move, and to become something unexpected.”
That sense of release is evident on new single ‘Jet Stream Heart’, out now. More direct than some of their earlier, kaleidoscopic material, it retains Temples’ melodic clarity while embracing a club-facing physicality.
“‘Jet Stream Heart’ explores the feeling of being seduced by music, being pulled into a sonic jet stream and having to give in to the magnetic feeling of certain music,” the band note. “The feeling of music in a club is visceral, almost like you’re directly wired into the song.”
In keeping with that immediacy, the band blur the line between analogue and electronic textures. Homemade fuzz pedals and unconventional studio gear dissolve distinctions between synth and guitar, bass and machine, resulting in a sound that resists neat categorisation. “We’re always striving to make a bold sonic statement,” they add.
Since their 2014 debut Sun Structures, Temples have carved out a space that balances ornate psych-pop with muscular rhythm and experimentation. Bliss appears to sharpen that duality, pairing immersive atmospheres with a renewed emphasis on movement and physical response.
Bliss lands on 26th June 2026.
Tracklisting
- Jet Stream Heart
- Revelations
- Megalith
- Glimmer
- Blue Flame
- Vendetta
- Jaguar
- Horizon
- Waiting On The Echoes
- Fantasy Realm
