To talk about his music project Temps

James Acaster has joined the line-up of this year’s Latitude festival.

However, he won’t be performing stand-up, but discussing his music project Temps and their debut album Party Gator Purgator with Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess.

The comic said: ‘After years of me listening to Tim’s music I’m jazzed about swapping roles and seeing what he makes of Temps.’

Temps is a 40-strong international collective,. fronted by a cartoon alligator, that Acaster put together during lockdown when he got back in contact with musicians he had interviewed for his book and podcast Perfect Sound Whatever

He said: ‘I became completely obsessed with this project. it was all I focused on for two years and we ended up making my favourite thing ever. I hope people enjoy it.’

He will unveil the album at one of Burgess’s Listening Parties – the rock star’s own lockdown project in which he invited  artists and bands  to host real-time album playbacks via Twitter.

Burgess turned the project into a live event at the 2021 Latitude Festival and it soon to become an Absolute Radio show too.

He said: ‘We did the first ever Listening Party Live at Latitude so it’s brilliant to be heading back there - Party Gator Purgatory is a mind blowing project and I can’t wait to share the stage with James Acaster to find all out about it’ 

Read more about Temps here. Their album is due our in May.

Latitude returns to  Henham Park, Suffolk, from July 20 to 23. Acaster’s Off Menu podcast co-host Ed Gamble is one of the comedy headliners alongside Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe and Romesh Ranganathan.

Pulp, Paolo Nutini and George Ezra head the main Obelisk arena.  Tickets are available here.

Published: 23 Mar 2023