Getting to know Timi Temple
Following on from releasing his double A-Side ‘TwoYear – TwoSide’ in April, Sydney-based indie-rock DIY artist Timi Temple returns with tour dates and a new single. We asked him to tell us about himself:
I am… TIMI TEMPLE. If you make a South Park joke like ‘Timmaaaayyy’ I’m okay with that. If you make a Tinie Tempah or Timmy Trumpet joke, I’ll curse your Weetbix to forever be soggy. I usually write it all in caps ‘cause it looks funny small to me, but you do you <3
Tomorrow Is Yesterday is… your life when everyday feels like Groundhog Day. When you’re so locked into routine, you operate on autopilot. When you’ve got friends you only see on your commute, you nod and say hey, but you don’t know their name. You ever drive somewhere on the weekend and you return to focus and realise you’ve driven to work? Tomorrow Is Yesterday is you. It’s also the name of my latest single, a song written about the pressure my parents put on me to get a real job!
Home is… wherever the caravan is parked, I guess? Haha, actually I feel most at home noodling on guitar and playing music. I was away for 8 weeks in Europe at the start of 2019 and feeling a little homesick, it was always remedied by having a jam, either alone or with mates! I get this weird feeling when I don’t play music for a few days, like a guilty sensation I’m neglecting someone who loves me unconditionally… reminds me, I should probably call my mother once in a while haha
I spend too much time… geeking out on YouTube and learning how to DIY make things… I made a skateboard the other day (huge success btw) but it was probably 3 days I could’ve spent making music haha ~ I think I also almost watch every movie that comes out at the cinemas (not scary ones) so probably minimum once a week? I guess it’s my only time I say bye-bye to my brain and switch off. PS. I need a friend who works at Hoyts…
I’ve never… eaten eggplant. Or asparagus, cauliflower, leek or beetroot. I’m not allergic, I just don’t like the look of them… When I was a kid, I started telling my friends parents I didn’t eat vegetables… My parents would not let me leave the table unless I ate my vegies, I’d stuff my mouth, excuse myself to the bathroom and spit the food down the toilet haha, that or I’d just out-wait my family by sleeping at the dinner table. Patience and stubbornness is a bloody weapon I tell ya!!
It might surprise people to learn that… I’m not Native American. I’m not Mexican either. I don’t straighten my hair (au natural mates). I don’t sunburn. I can drink 3L of milk and not vomit. I can eat hotter chilis than you. I only own two pairs of jeans – blue and black. Yes I really do have a caravan. I get scared of water deep water because I drowned as a kid. It might also surprise you, but I was Australia’s best thong thrower when I was 6. (Got real lucky with a gust of wind and the thong took flight)
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TIMI TEMPLE – YIN & YANG TOUR Supporting Bootleg Rascal
SAT 31 AUG | NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE VIC
FRI 6 SEP | THE FOUNDRY, BRISBANE QLD
SAT 7 SEP | LANSDOWNE HOTEL, SYDNEY NSW
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