On Monday I met a band called The Temper Trap. They are from Australia and being descendants of convicts like myself they are also connoisseurs of an Aussie musician (and possible institution) called John Williamson, which is basically meaningless to you and this blog but was a nice ice breaker for me – nothing like singing about Cockatoos and Vegemite to soften a mood.

They were surprisingly shy for a band that are plastered all over Sky the now, except when they’re doing impressions of boxing commentators incredibly well. We decided we ought to move to Japan although Lorenzo (gee-tar) is concerned about how we’d collectively survive, which is a kind thought. Myself and Dougy (vocals etc) believe it better to be poor in Japan than here. On the other hand,Dougy also thought it was Wednesday.

As a band it’s taken me aaaages to get into them. I liked their song Science of Fear and because I generally steer clear of ballads (the irony) from rock bands Sweet Disposition sort of passed me by at first. Anyway, they recorded a nice version for me and you can have it right here!

Thank you Dougy and Lorenzo. Who are below, up front and looking street… in their little cage (?).

Cam