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

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. Temple was born in

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. 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 of

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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, part of the Secretly Group. The Secretly Group includes record labels Dead Oceans and Jagjaguwar as well as a music publisher known as Secretly Publis ...

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

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, and have been compared to

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, and

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. His song "Make Right With You" was featured in an episode of ''

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'', season 3's "

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". Temple also began releasing music under the alias Art Feynman in 2017, beginning with ''Blast Off Through the Wicker'' released on the

Western Vinyl Western Vinyl is an independent record label founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas. The imprint was formed by Brian Sampson and Ryan Murphy originally to release their lo-fi indie rock projects as Win Foster and Havergal. Artists *Abram S ...

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)

Luke Temple and The Cascading Moms

;Studio albums * 2024 – ''Certain Limitations'' (Western Vinyl)

Art Feynman

;Studio albums * 2017 – ''Blast Off Through the Wicker'' (Western Vinyl) * 2020 – ''Half Price at 3:30'' (Western Vinyl) * 2023 – ''Be Good The Crazy Boys'' (Western Vinyl) ;Extended plays * 2017 – ''Near Negative'' (Western Vinyl)

References

External links

Official Page on Mill Pond Records
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