News August 15, 2018

Eskimo Joe’s Kav Temperley unveils solo album, tour, ”being courageous enough to live and to love again”

Eskimo Joe’s singer and songwriter Kav Temperley has unveiled plans for a solo album All Your Devotion.

It is released on September 28 on digital and vinyl formats.

Just released is a single Pollyanna, about which he explains: “A friend once told me that our happiness is always relative, whether we live in a war zone or paradise – our happiness always swings back to the same place.

“I had just lost my marriage and the band had decided to take a break, all of these things that defined me were now no longer around.

“It was one of the first times in my life I felt like a stranger just rolling along, but I realised that amongst all of this I was a Pollyanna, someone despite the bad news always looks on the bright side.

“This was a song I was singing to myself to remember to stay light.”

All Your Devotion, with its theme of renewal and new love, was produced alongside Pip Norman (Troye Sivan, Jarryd James, Urthboy) and John Castle (Megan Washington, Vance Joy, Bertie Blackman).

Of some of its inspirations Temperley says, “We spend our lives building barricades to protect us, both physical and emotional.

“But, as well as protect, these barricades can also isolate and suffocate.

“All Your Devotion is about tearing those down and starting over, through all the fears and hope…

“It’s about growing up and moving on. It’s being courageous enough to live and to love again.”

Aside from fronting Eskimo Joe for the Under The Southern Stars festival run, Temperley is also doing a solo run behind his album.

“It’s just going to be me with an acoustic guitar and kick drum strapped to my back.

“I want these shows to be raw and real so people feel like they’ve been there right next to me through the writing of this record.”