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TEMPER STATUS - AUGUST 2008. Temper has gone on indefinite hiatus. Pete, Nancy and Skyla will continue to record under the Temper moniker, but no further shows are being booked in the foreseeable future. Carlene Barous has decided to leave the band at this juncture. Thanks for all your support.

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BOSTON GLOBE
Pete Sutton is an unsung hero in Boston. He's been part of popular club bands the Ray Corvair Trio and Electrolux , but now he tackles a more lushly ambient and majestic project. Temper features the bass-playing Sutton (who wrote all the songs) and ethereal singer/guitarist Skyla , singer/keyboardist Carlene Barous, and drummer Nancy Delaney . Together they make music that sounds like an updated Kate Bush by way of Roxy Music, Enya, Air, and even the Beach Boys . There's a melancholy twist to the atmospheric "Wee Regret" and "Tough Luck," but there's also a wondrously dreamy romanticism in "Somewhere Man" and "Day and Night," with its line, "I see the doorway to your soul and once I'm in, I'm never coming out." The quality is startling. Temper sounds like a band that could be playing the Orpheum rather than club hopefuls. The production is seamless, the arrangements are challenging, and the result is an ecstatic pulse that lifts this album far above the mundane. (Steve Morse)

BOSTON PHOENIX
Temper’s self-released album, Hang by Your Own Tail, is unusual in at least two respects: it’s a Boston pop album that puts the emphasis on vocals and has hardly any loud guitar or drums. And it’s a consistently pretty disc that doesn’t turn into wallpaper — credit that to a grasp of melody and dynamics. The occasional outbursts are subtle, but they’re there. And they favor natural drums and piano/organ sounds over loops and electronics; so the sound is closer to exotic models like Renaissance and later, darker Abba than to Air or Dido. (The one obvious comparison that does hold up is to Kate Bush, particularly the lusher sounds on her last couple of albums.) (Brett Milano)

THE NOISE
Pete Sutton writes the songs, contributes vocals, and plays bass, accompanied by Carlene Barous (keyboards and vocals), Skyla Fay on guitar and vocals, and Nancy Delaney on drums. A few of the songs here have their special individual charms; the high points are the warm and memorable melody and sweetly ingratiating harmony vocals of “Day and Night”; the languid goth feel of “Wee Regret”; and the monumentally delirious feel of a mid-tempo ballad such as “3 Tales,” which ends with a breathtaking guitar solo. I also like the loping bass line of the ambient instrumental “Looks Aren’t Everything.” ...At its best, this collection offers finely textured, highly atmospheric compositions suffused with prog-rock and Beatle-esque elements. (Francis DiMenno)