Art Feynman: Last News

Having released several solo albums under his own name, Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple took on the moniker Art Feynman in 2017, initially as a means of avoiding expectations when it came to the new music he was creating. Previously a purely solo project, for new album ‘Be Good The Crazy Boys’ he worked with a seven piece band, recording songs live in the studio.“Sonically, I was inspired by records that were recorded at the late Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas”, he explains, “such as Grace Jones’ ‘Private Life’, Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s ‘Mambo Nassau’, and Talking Heads’ ‘Remain In Light’”.Of new single ‘Desperately Free’, he adds: “I was thinking about the obsession with spiritual growth or with ‘curing’ death and the compensatory consequences that ensue as a result.

Luke Temple's floaty voice is recognizable on the latest single from his alter-ego, Art Feynman. But anyone who's listened exclusively to his work under his own name — earthy, folky, exploring the same space that Bill Callahan and Cass McCombs inhabit — will be lost in "I'm Gonna Miss Your World," premiering at the top of the page. Like much of his forthcoming LP Half Price at 3:30, it shares more with the revolutionary Cameroonian makossa artist Francis Bebey and even early, exploratory Japanese pop than it does with softly psychedelic Americana, its repetitions and electronic textures becoming more hypnotic as the song presses forwards.