Where were we? In a rush today, here’s today’s Thing of The Day, Tempers’ beautiful and dare I say rather unexpected interpretation of Suicide’s Ghost Rider, a delicious interpretation and as someone else has said, “expresses its spirit of angst and alienation, via gritty and hypnotic soundscapes propelled by Golestaneh’s unleashed ethereal vocals”. The track features detuned harp by guest musician Marilu Donovan (Leya), acoustic and electric guitars, synth and drum machine.

Tempers is the New York based project of singer and songwriter Jasmine Golestaneh, melting low-lit poetic synth-pop with hints of techno, shoegaze and post-punk. Today, well yesterday now, yestersday was no day for music what with the US election and such, but yesterday they shared their cover of Suicide’s Ghost Rider ahead of their upcoming US and EU tour dates. 

Produced by Golestaneh, Ghost Rider was recorded at home in New York’s East Village, together with Tempers’ touring musician Henry Yuliano playing additional instruments, recording and mixing.

On the track, Golestaneh said “Suicide was a formative influence on Tempers, and for me Ghost Rider is a song that represents prioritizing the health of society over personal greed, a value that is as deeply pertinent today as it was in the 70’s when this song was released.”

The song anticipates a run of festival and headline dates starting from Seattle Nov 7 and expanding to Europe, with more touring in the US, South America and Europe confirmed for 2025.

07 Nov US – SEATTLE – Freakout Festival
09 Nov DE – BERLIN – 8MM Festival: “A Night of Synästhesie”
13 Nov DE – FRANKFURT – Tanzhaus West
14 Nov CH – AARAU – KIFF
15 Nov DE – NÜRNBERG – Soft Spot
16 Nov DE – DRESDEN – Cold Hearted Festival
18 Nov CZ – PRAGUE – Bike Jesus
19 Nov CZ – BRNO – Kabinet MUZ
20 Nov AT – SALZBURG – Rockhouse Eleven Empire
22 Nov HU – BUDAPEST – A38
23 Nov ES – MADRID – Santuario Festival

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“Widely influenced by Fleetwood Mac via Kraftwerk to Joy Division and upbringing between London and New York, Tempers evolved quickly into their singular identity on debut album Services, including underground dancefloor hit ‘Strange Harvest’. The 2017 EP Fundamental Fantasy was released as a result of The Vinyl Factory’s Volcano Extravaganza artist residency on the Aeolian island of Stromboli. Golestaneh’s interest in the arts led to the 2018 release ‘Junkspace feat. Rem Koolhaas’ (BMG), a concept album set in a shopping mall, collaborating with the famed architect through samples of interviews deconstructing the architecture of consumerism. 2019’s full length ‘Private Life’ progressed Tempers’ cinematic aesthetic into more introspective landscapes, and featured their most popular track to date, Capital Pains. The third album on Dais Records New Meaning released in 2022, includes the single Unfamiliar and 3D animated video-art for Sightseeing. The record is accompanied by a book of album inspired hand made collage art by Golestaneh (Moonlight Editions). In 2022 Tempers evolved from a duo setup with producer Eddie Cooper to an enhanced set of collaborations, both live and on recordings, led by Jasmine Golestaneh.

Recent highlights include festivals like Substance LA, Sanctum Chicago, Levitation Austin, Hipnosis Mexico, Synästhesie Berlin, Grauzone The Hague, special events like at the Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh and sold out headline shows at Elsewhere Brooklyn, Zebulon LA, Kantine am Berghain Berlin and Moth Club London.

Jasmine has just completed her upcoming longplay album with producer Jorge Elbrecht (Sky Ferreira, Japanese Breakfast)  between New York and Los Angeles

And we can’t just park all this here this moring on the morning after the night before without leaving the orginal here as well (and it is impossible to hear the original today without thoughts of those US bombs flying overhead, Suicide, one of the most influentual bands ever)

And well, we need some calm today, these are strange times. This is from five years ago…. Capital Pains from Tempers third album Private Life, out on Dais Records.