Luke Temple, also known under the alias Art Feynman, is an American singer-songwriter. He records under his own name and with New York-based band
Here We Go Magic.
Temple was born in
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...
. After spending time in Northern California, he studied painting at Boston's
Museum of Fine Arts.
After struggling to make a living as a visual artist, including painting murals in upscale New York City apartments, Temple moved into songwriting and recording.
After recording a four song EP himself on a four-track recorder, Temple was signed to
Mill Pond Records
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of
Seattle
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.
He would go on to record two full-length albums with Mill Pond, ''Hold a Match for a Gasoline World'' (2005) and ''Snow Beast'' (2007), before signing with label
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
in 2010 for ''Good Mood Fool''. On November 11, 2016, Temple released ''A Hand Through the Cellar Door''.
Temple's vocal styles are noted for their use of
falsetto
''Falsetto'' (, ; Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentou ...
, and have been compared to
Paul Simon,
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
, and
Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognit ...
.
His song "Make Right With You" was featured in an episode of ''
Grey's Anatomy
''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into ...
'', season 3's "
Where the Boys Are
''Where the Boys Are'' is a 1960 American CinemaScope comedy film directed by Henry Levin and starring Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, and Frank Gorshin. It was written by Geo ...
".
Temple also began releasing music under the alias Art Feynman in 2017, beginning with ''Blast Off Through the Wicker'' released on the
Western Vinyl label.
Discography
Luke Temple
;Studio albums
* 2005 – ''Hold a Match for a Gasoline World'' (Mill Pond)
* 2007 – ''Snowbeast'' (Mill Pond)
* 2011 – ''Don't Act Like You Don't Care'' (Western Vinyl)
* 2013 – ''
Good Mood Fool'' (Secretly Canadian)
* 2016 – ''A Hand Through the Cellar Door'' (Secretly Canadian)
* 2019 – ''Both-And'' (Native Cat Recordings)
;Extended plays
* 2004 – ''Luke Temple'' (Mill Pond)
Art Feynman
;Studio albums
* 2017 – ''Blast Off Through the Wicker'' (Western Vinyl)
* 2020 – ''Half Price at 3:30'' (Western Vinyl)
;Extended plays
* 2017 – ''Near Negative'' (Western Vinyl)
References
External links
Official Page on Mill Pond Records
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American male singer-songwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Western Vinyl artists
Secretly Canadian artists