This summer will be a particularly warm and fuzzy one: The Temper Trap will release Sungazer on July 10, and play tracks from it when they support Muse on a North American tour throughout that month and the next.
Sungazer (via Mushroom Music / Virgin Music Group) is the Australian alternative rock act’s fourth studio album and first in a decade. It’s led by “Lucky Dimes,” which dropped in 2025, and “Giving Up Air,” which TTT performed live in January on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
“With time apart and much personal growth from us all,” reads a statement from the band, “Sungazer feels like it’s captured the most pure collection of music we’ve ever made. We had more fun making this record and in the writing room than on any of the previous records we’ve done. We’re in a great place creatively and in our friendships, we’re closer than ever. Being back into the studio together really felt like coming home.”
Dougy Mandagi (lead singer), Toby Dundas (drummer), Jonathon Aherne (bass) and Joseph Greer (guitar) “immediately felt an inspiring energy” on their return to the studio, reads a statement from reps. “Working between continents, sending demos back and forth, convening in Melbourne for studio dates, the resulting record delivers an impassioned and immediate sound.”
TTT captured the sound of the late 2000s with “Sweet Disposition,” powered by its featured spot in (500) Days of Summer and those stunning falsetto notes of frontman Mandagi. At home, the band enjoyed ARIA Awards, consecutive chart crowns (with 2012’s The Temper Trap and 2016’s Thick as Thieves), endured lineup changes (longstanding guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left in 2013), played stadiums (they led the halftime show at the 2012 AFL Grand Final).
The Aussies embarked on a run of headline shows in their homeland late last year, followed by North America shows in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto. They’re coming back with a major North American tour in support of Muse, on the British prog-rock trio’s The Wow Signal Tour. TTT will bring the fireworks when they start their trek with a spot at Summerfest 2026 in Milwaukee, WI on July 4 (see below).
“Sungazer” Tracklist
- Lucky Dimes
- Into The Wild
- These Arms
- Bird on a Wire
- Giving Up Air
- Sungazer
- Lifeline
- Runaways
- Halfway
- Dystopia Radio
- Kuru
The Temper Trap’s North American Tour 2026
July 4 -– Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest 2026
July 5 -– Maryland Heights, MO @ The Wow Signal Tour – supporting Muse
July 7 -– Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center – supporting Muse
July 10 -– Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
July 11 -– Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center – supporting Muse
July 13 -– Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre – supporting Muse
July 15 -– Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
July 18 -– Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center – supporting Muse
July 22 -– Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center – supporting Muse
July 24 -– Saratoga Springs, NY @ Albany Med Health System at SPAC – supporting Muse
July 25 -– Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater – supporting Muse
July 28 -– Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion – supporting Muse
July 29 -– Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – supporting Muse
Aug. 9 -– San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
Aug. 10 -– Charlotte, NC @ Truliant Amphitheater – supporting Muse
Aug. 12 -– Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 14 -– Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion – supporting Muse
Aug. 15 -– Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater – supporting Muse
Aug. 18 -– Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 20 -– West Valley City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 22 -– Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater – supporting Muse
Aug. 23 -– Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 26 -– Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 27 -– Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 29 -– Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre – supporting Muse
Aug. 31 -– Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl – supporting Muse
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