Five O’Clock People – Temper Temper
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I’ve known my friend Alex for about thirteen years or so. Dang. That makes us seem old. We first met back when I was still in high school and Alex was in an acoustic band called Five O’Clock People. Anyone remember them? Sure you do. But you may remember them from years later when they were signed to a record label and put out a record called The Nothing Venture. Memory getting clearer? Well, guess what peeps? They are back and in my opinion, better than ever. Temper Temper is the newest EP from the boys in Five O’Clock People and it’s without a doubt, a must have EP. The writing is amazing, instrumentation is awesome and the originality is nothing short of what you would expect from these guys.
And here’s the thing. It’s not just because I really like Alex, Drew and Pat, although I’m currently working on talking Alex into moving into the house next door to me, but this EP is ridiculous. And you know I don’t say that about many records. Seriously, have I ever steered you wrong when it comes to blindly purchasing a record based solely on my opinion?
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So here’s what we are going to do. We’re all going to buy this record. That’s right. Every one of us is going to purchase this record and write a review of it right here in the comments. Now, here’s the tricky part. This record is kind of hard to get right now. They are currently sorting out some distribution plan, so here’s what you need to do. Email glassjoerecords@yahoo.com and tell then you want a record. They will take some of your money and then send you a CD like the one I got yesterday. Now, this isn’t some ‘Oh well, Brody’s just doing this because he’s friends with them so I don’t have to do it’ kind of thing. Seriously. Get. This. Record. Then come here and tell me (and them) what you think.
Sound like a plan? Leave a comment in the comments when you’ve ordered it, and once everyone starts getting their copies we will revisit this post for reviews. If you’ve already heard the record or already have it, go ahead and start the reviewing.
Ready? Go.
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You forgot to tell us how much the record is.
Janet.
That’s because I’m not really sure how much it is. I forgot to ask. But when you email I’m sure they will tell you. I will try to find that out today.
I have a huge fan of these guys for a long time. Their latest record is equally as impressive. It seems to me that they spent their time apart growing and improving individually (if you can believe that was possible). This CD is a clear result of that improvement. I love the album.
Man, it’s probably been ten years since I heard Five O’Clock People. These 2 songs sound great. So is homebase Oregon, LA, or they doing the Nashville thing? Either way, Alex’s voice & melodies are very smooth.Yeah, for new music!
I just sent the e-mail. I didn’t know who these guys were until about 5 or so years ago. I was at a random Christian book store in an outlet mall. They had a box of cds that were 4 for a dollar. I saw one that I wanted, so I was gonna try to just buy it for a quarter, but they insisted I bought 4. So I randomly grabbed The Nothing Venture and two other albums.
The other two albums I didn’t care for, so I took them to a cd store and ended up making a few dollars of them, but The Nothing Venture I absolutely loved. I need to get some more of their albums, but never got around to it. Soon I will be purchasing Temper Temper though and I can’t wait.
Such good memories of this band. I am going right now to buy it for Drew for Father’s Day! Selfishly, I will listen to it frequently.
Jamiey
Thanks for posting this! I just sent them an email. I love 5 O’ Clock People to death.
Just sent them an e-mail myself. I’ve been a huge fan since the summer of 2002 when I heard the CD for the first time. It’s crazy that their music has yet to catch on. Nothing Venture has such a full sound (with great poetry!). Can’t wait to hear this full album. Any idea of where I can get some of their older albums other than Nothing Venture, such as “”tripping the spindley distractive” or “in the bleak midwinter”?
I would love it if Five o;clock people would release a collection of all their songs. It used to be possible to find stuff on Ebay-but no longer.
Dude…can’t believe FOCP is back. I searched for them awhile back and found nothing. “Lunar” has been on every playlist for the last 8 years. Thanks for the this!
or just….”thanks for this.”
I don’t know how easy it is to get this album. I emailed the glass joe records address and someone claiming to be Alex emailed me back -gave me a paypal address and (I guess) I gullibly sent in 15 bucks for the CD. This was two months ago. I waited-sent an email “Alex” said he would send it. I waited…again, no CD. It was two months and finally I sent an email to simply refund the money-which has not happened. So, take it for what is worth. I am a devout FOCP fan and was extremely disappointed this never happened. Bummer.
Hi Chris, did you ever receive the CD? I’m about to go down the same road myself….
Back in October I had an email exchange with someone who claimed to be Alex. Paypaled the 15 bucks and never heard back. I just emailed again and we will see. Bummer if I was scammed. Just want a CD…is that hard?
I forwarded your comment to Alex. I’m sure he’ll get back to you soon.