Dallas: Temples at Trees

Temples, the British psychedelic rock band celebrated for its lush, retro-futuristic sound, plays Trees in Dallas on September 12 with support from Poppy Jean Crawford, tickets starting at $51.

Formed in Kettering, England in 2012, Temples emerged as a leading act in the neo-psychedelia revival with its 2014 debut “Sun Structures,” which drew comparisons to ’60s and ’70s psych-rock icons while feeling distinctly modern. Follow-up albums “Volcano” (2017), “Hot Motion” (2019), and “Exotico” (2024) have continued to refine the band’s blend of shimmering guitar textures, vintage synthesizers, and richly melodic songwriting, earning the band a reputation as one of the genre’s most consistent and well-regarded acts of the past decade, with a catalog that has aged remarkably well among devoted psych-rock listeners.

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Trees has been a fixture of Dallas’s Deep Ellum music scene since the late 1980s, one of the neighborhood’s original rock clubs and a stage that has hosted acts across punk, metal, alternative, and electronic music for decades. The mid-size room retains the gritty, no-frills character that made Deep Ellum a magnet for touring bands long before the neighborhood’s more recent redevelopment, and it remains one of Dallas’s most reliable venues for genre-spanning club shows. Fans can find more on the venue’s history at Trees’ own page on Texas Music Map.

Temples has built a devoted following through constant touring and a live show that leans into the band’s studio-crafted atmosphere, translating dense layered production into an engaging stage performance. Opener Poppy Jean Crawford brings her own dreamy, guitar-driven pop songwriting to round out a bill built for fans of richly textured, melody-forward rock and lush arrangements.

Doors open at 7 PM. Trees’ intimate club setting suits Temples’ immersive sound especially well, and Deep Ellum’s walkable strip of bars makes it easy to grab a drink before or after the show, with several late-night spots open well past the encore.