New Meaning

Description

New York duo Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper, aka Tempers, specialize in an elegant strain of poetic synth-pop, and their latest statement, *New Meaning*, feels like the culmination of their elusive alchemy. Tempers deliver an album that addresses moving forward into the unknown, coping mechanisms, and exploring the nature of choice. The ten songs on *New Meaning* reflect on meaning-making as a gateway to freedom and purpose during times of transition and loss, speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world of permanent crisis. It is resolutely nocturnal music, elegantly introspective, and quietly intense. Tracks like "Unfamiliar," "Here Nor There," and "Song Behind A Wall" distill the Tempers template of icy pop perfection, drum machines framed by shivering reverb, Jasmine's vocals both ethereal and commanding, simultaneously inside and above. On other tracks, the duo’s production is more evocative in shades of grey, from the new wave chiaroscuro of "Carried Away" to the depressive disco of "In And Out Of Hand" to an elegy of hopeful resignation with "Secrets And Lies." *New Meaning* is a work about life’s crossroads and fleeting transcendence, the liberation of instability and impermanence. Ten anthems for a derailed age walking through an anxious city towards an unnamed future, ready to be reborn.