RADIOSOUL THE NEW ALBUM, OUT NOW VIA CHESS CLUB RECORDS / AWAL RECORDINGS
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“A stratospheric leap above his peers for album two…. Templeman emerges as a major talent”
4.5/5 – Classic Pop
“Strutting acid-pop”
– NME
“Templeman is now ready to open a fresh era”
– Clash
“Embraces big, weird pop”
– Dork
“It’s like Alfie has funnelled The 1975 ‘Love Me’ and the Scissor Sisters and has come through with this!”
– Clara Amfo BBC R1
Today, London-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and performer Alfie Templeman has released his new album Radiosoul via Chess Club Records / AWAL Recordings.
Radiosoul is an ambitious suite of tracks that showcase a bold new acid-pop direction for the Bedfordshire-born polymath. The record features production from Templeman as well as Nile Rodgers, Dan Carey, Karma Kid, Oscar Scheller, Will Bloomfield, Justin Young, Josh Scarbrow and Charlie J Perry. It is an album of self-discovery, one that zips between genres at whim and showcases a newfound incisiveness and acerbic humour to Templeman’s lyricism, whilst retaining the sense of joy that defined his previous releases. It is the work of a prodigiously talented songwriter truly coming into his own.
Watch ‘Just A Dance’ ft. Nile Rodgers
Templeman says, “In February 2023, I planned a small trip to the USA and fell back in love with recording music. I visited Nile Rodgers in Miami and Oscar Scheller in LA, then came back and hung out with a bunch of amazing producers in South London: Charlie Perry, Karma Kid, Dan Carey, Will Bloomfield and Josh Scarbrow. During the next 5 months we’d make my next album together. I’d go home and craft songs; taking from ideas I had dating all the way back to 2017. Then we’d meet up and make things spontaneously. There’s an exciting energy that gets captured when you don’t know what’s coming next.
Every song is intentionally different from the last. It’s about the weird and the wonderful, the big, bright, bursting moments and the quiet, raw, reflective moments. Back when I started out, what really excited me was using music as a way of documenting my life. Each EP felt like a little diary entry, taking the last half a year of my life condensed into a few songs. This album really reminds me of that, but this time it looks back at my whole life. I finally feel a little more confident about fighting the darkness that will inevitably lurk around from time to time. This album is about turning 20: entering a new decade of your life and figuring out how you guided yourself to where you are now even if you don’t really know how.|
Earlier this week, Templeman paired up with the legendary Nile Rodgers for ‘Just A Dance’, taken from Radiosoul. It joined the widely celebrated ‘Hello Lonely, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ and ‘Beckham’ in asserting Templeman as one of UK indie’s most beloved multi-hyphenates; with introductory single ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ named BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record In The World upon release, appearing on 27 Spotify New Music Friday and 47 Apple New Music Daily playlists around the globe and ushering in a new era of Alfie Templeman.
Speaking about his experience working with Nile, Alfie says: “Nobody does rhythm guitar like Nile Rodgers; his music has been a massive part of my life. I went to Miami to put this one together with the man himself and learned so much about his process and how he writes hooks that never escape your head. Nile is obviously the king of all things ‘Dance,’ so to do this one with him feels like a badge of honour, a stamp of approval to join the list. The song came about thanks in part to Bowie. We got to talking about him and his album ‘Let’s Dance’ and how the title track on the surface was all about getting people moving for a while, though the song was actually about covering up your feelings. ‘Just A Dance’ became such a nice, short song full of energy with such a simple message. Just enjoy the now for a while, everything will be alright. It’s all just a dance.”
On working with Alfie, Nile Rodgers said: “I love this new song ‘Just A Dance’ that I wrote and produced with Alfie Templeman. He’s such a fresh and exciting guitarist and songwriter and I love working with him. He came to see me in Miami and brought the heat!”
Previous album single ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ was named BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record In The World upon release, appeared on 27 Spotify New Music Friday and 47 Apple New Music Daily playlists around the globe and ushered in the new era of Alfie Templeman. Followup single “Hello Lonely” was also playlisted on BBC R1 as well as being included in dozens of Spotify playlists around the globe.
In celebration of Radiosoul, Templeman has announced an extensive run of UK, EU and US headline performances for 2024. Tickets and further information are available at https://alfietempleman.com/, see below for full dates and routing.
Live dates
11th October – Atlantis, Washington
12th October – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
14th October – Brighton Music Hall, Boston
16th October – Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles
17th October – The Independent, San Francisco
19th October – Pabellon Oeste, Mexico City (with Anna of the North)
31st October – St Luke’s, Glasgow
1st November – Manchester Academy, Manchester
2nd November – Boiler Shop, Newcastle
5th November – XOYO, Birmingham
7th November – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
8th November – The Waterfront, Norwich
9th November – Thekla, Bristol
11th November – The Tramshed, Cardiff
12th November – Concorde 2, Brighton
13th November – The 1865, Southampton
14th November – Metronome, Nottingham
16th November – Live At Leeds, Leeds
18th November – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
28th November – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
29th November – Luxor, Cologne
2nd December – Cassiopeia, Berlin
3rd December – Molotow, Hamburg
4th December – Botanique, Brussels
5th December – Point Ephemere, Paris
Radiosoul Tracklist
1 – Radiosoul
2 – Eyes Wide Shut
3 – This Is Just The Beginning
4 – Vultures
5 – Drag
6 – Hello Lonely
7 – Just A Dance ft. Nile Rodgers
8 – Submarine
9 – Beckham
10 – Switch
11 – Run To Tomorrow
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