Formed in Sheffield in 1985, A.C. Temple were a powerful UK
counterpart to the abrasive experimental guitar bands coming out of the
USA around the same time.
Early vocalist Giles soon took a back seat to Bromley but remained a
co-lyricist to the band throughout their career. However, it was the
classic line-up of Bromley, Kilbride, Woodward, Hartley and Waterfall
who recorded their seminal 'Blowtorch' LP and a session for John Peel on
Radio 1 in 1987. Critics made favourable comparisons to Sonic Youth and
Big Black (Kilbride, in fact, had acted as Big Black's driver for their
final UK tour and is one of the named recipient's on Shellac's
'Futurist' LP) but the swirling intertwined guitars and extreme
down-tuned bass, combined with Bromley's sonorous vocals and Waterfall's
thunderous drumming, were distinctively theirs.
Subsequent line-up changes saw Chris Trout (from Kilgore Trout)
join and more melody and light enter their songs, culminating in the
ethereal LP 'Belinda Backwards', before they split in 1993 (leaving some
new songs sadly unrecorded), under-appreciated and under the radar to
the end.
After the band's demise, Chris Trout went on to play in Spoonfed Hybrid along with Ian Masters from Pale Saints.
Tracklist
| 1 | Glitterhall | 6:00 | |
| 2 | Silver Swimmer | 3:17 | |
| 3 | Half-Angel | 3:37 | |
| 4 | Come Sunrise | 4:35 | |
| 5 | Girlseye | 4:11 | |
| 6 | Lifesize | 3:13 | |
| 7 | Spacebore | 3:20 | |
| 8 | Skyhooks | 3:24 | |
| 9 | Baby Seals | 5:09 | |
| 10 | P2 | 2:17 |
