:: The Temper Trap Announce US Tour

By: Carmine Pascuzzi

After monumental sets at both this year's Coachella and Bonnaroo Festivals, one of Melbourne's finest exports, The Temper Trap, will return to the United States to play Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Festivals along with a run of shows that will take them west. This will be followed shortly after by a headlining tour throughout North America, including their biggest show to date and Austin City Limits Festival.

Dougy Mandagi's soaring falsetto and the band's extremely tight musicianship make their shows a must see. If you haven't yet caught the band live, Paste put it perfectly after seeing their Bonnaroo performance saying, “There's been plenty of hullaballoo about their live performance, and I'm finally starting to see why. They play fast, furious, and with enough angular guitar-work to slice through concrete. The Harlem Shakes-esque vocals are just the icing on this very, very catchy cake.” Tickets for fall tour go on sale this weekend. See all tour dates below.

The Temper Trap released their critically acclaimed debut, Conditions, on Glassnote/Columbia late last year. Their song, “Sweet Disposition”, the soaring anthem that is sure to be a constant presence on playlists this summer, recently won the prestigious award for “Song of the Year” at 2010 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards. The track has been featured in the hit indie film 500 Days of Summer and has been one of the biggest alternative tracks of the past year. “Sweet Disposition” is currently spun on more than 40 radio stations across the States and latest single Fader is expected to yield similar results.

THE TEMPER TRAP ON TOUR:

August 4 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
August 6 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
August 8 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
August 10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
August 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
August 13 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
August 14 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
August 15 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
September 26 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
September 29 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
September 30 - Montclair, NJ - The Wellmont
October 1 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
October 2 - Montreal, QUE - Le National
October 3 - Ottawa, ONT - Capital Music Hall
October 5 - Toronto, ONT - The Phoenix
October 9 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
October 11 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
October 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
October 14 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
October 16 - Mexico City, MEX - Corona Capital Festival
October 22 - Pomona, CA - The Fox
October 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia

NOTE FOR ITALIAN FANS:
Fans in Italy can now treat themselves with MTVMusic.com - an exclusive live acoustic session with The Temper Trap!

At the two Italian dates of the tour, on June 16, MTV Italy met the band and their magic contained in an elegant, unusual and evocative live session. There were the hits “Sweet Disposition” and “Fader”, plus some time to tell about these and other songs from their album “Conditions” and a super cover!

Check out here