After a string of acclaimed singles and a growing reputation for cathartic, emotionally-driven indie rock, Red Temples return with their highly anticipated new EP World Askew, out today 4 July.
Building on the success of their recent releases: Water from the Stars (Top 5, Rock Category – WAM Song of the Year 2025) and Fall Back Plan (Top 20, Rock Category – WAM SOTY 2025), World Askew captures Red Temples at their most introspective and sonically expansive.
“‘World Askew’ captures the emotional push and pull of modern life, where the pressure and complexity of the present collide with fleeting moments of clarity and joy. How life can feel overwhelming and isolating, yet unexpectedly beautiful in its quiet moments.” Explains the band, continuing, “At the heart of the EP is a reflective gaze toward youth, a time when life felt simpler, slower, and more instinctively joyful. The songs speak to the contradictions of adulthood: chasing purpose whilst feeling lost, yearning for connection while drowning in noise, and learning to sit with uncertainty without losing hope.”
The Perth five-piece, Jim Churchill (Vocals/Guitar), Chris Ellis (Guitar), Paul Dean (Bass), Seath Churton (Drums), and Phil Berrick (Keys/Guitar), have spent the past three years steadily building their profile with a blend of nostalgic storytelling, modern indie rock, and dynamic live shows that have made them favourites in the WA music scene.
With World Askew, Red Temples presents a cohesive body of work that reflects their evolving sound and emotional depth. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Sam Pettit at Fatback Studios, the EP combines heartfelt lyricism with layered guitars and dynamic rhythms, creating a listening experience that’s both grounded and expansive.
Red Temples will be launching World Askew with a show at The Bird, Northbridge, on the 5th of July, with special guests Moth Street Artists and Twelve Parsecs.
More information and tickets via Oztix
Red Temples’ debut EP World Askew is out 4 July
MORE ABOUT RED TEMPLES
Red Temples are the friend you haven’t caught up with in ages. Blending influences
from the music of their youth, the world in which they live and work, and the changes of life around them, to create a mature and modern take on Australian indie rock. A sound immediately familiar, yet all their own, their songs are built from the stories and melodies of the everyday.
The members have forged a strong kinship along the way, and their friendship and personality inspire the sound of the band, held close around lyrics embedded in nostalgia, messy wisdom and yearning. Bringing acclaimed live shows to the Perth music scene over the past three years, their infectious energy, passion and playfulness have garnered fans across the musical landscape.