| Tempalay | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Origin: | Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Years Active: | 2014—present |
| Label: | P-Vine Records, Space Shower Music |
| Associated Acts: | Daoko, Akko Gorilla |
| Past Members: | Yūya Takeuchi |
is a Japanese lo-fi psychedelic pop band that formed in 2014.
Tempalay was formed in 2014, when Ryōto Ohara and Yūya Takeuchi met drummer Natsuki Fujimoto in Tokyo.[2] The band's vocalist Ryōto Ohara, originally from Kōchi Prefecture, had moved to Saitama to pursue a career in music in 2011, and started making music with drummer Yūya Takeuchi, who he met in a bar.[3] [2] After forming at the Fuji Rock Festival's "Rookie a Go-Go" stage in 2015, the band released their debut extended play Instant Hawaii through P-Vine Records.[4]
From 2015, Aaamyyy from the band Eimie began working as a live support member of the band, performing background vocals and on the synthesizer.[5] The group released their debut album From Japan in 2016.
In June 2018, Yūya Takeuchi announced he was leaving the band due to creative differences, however staying on as a live support member for their upcoming concerts.[6] The next month, Aaamyyy was announced as an official member of Tempalay.[7] The band released their third album With Love from the 21st Century in June 2019, which became their most commercially successful album to date in Japan.[8]
Tempalay has toured China and the United States, including the South by Southwest festival in 2016.[3] [1]
| Album details | Peak positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon [10] | JPN Billboard | |||||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||||
| 90 | — | ||||||||||
| 30 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 17 | — | ||||||||||
| 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ika |
| 8 | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items which did not chart, or charted on a Billboard sub-chart. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard | |||||||||||
| Summer Time |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Instant Hawaii |
| — | — | |||||||||
| 165 | — | ||||||||||
| 109 | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes items which did not chart, or charted on a Billboard sub-chart. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Made in Japan"[12] | 2015 | From Japan | |
| "Joe"[13] | 2016 | ||
| "New York City"[14] | 2017 | Gokyoku | |
| Made in Japan 2 | |||
| [15] | 2018 | What a Wonderful World | |
| "Sonic Wave"[16] | |||
| [17] | 2019 | With Love from the 21st Century |