Temper Temper grace a London stage before they head off to the Edinburgh Festival this summer.

Temper Temper's epic sound fuses muscular, glittering blues with old, dusty jazz, inspired by the works of artists such as Antony and the Johnsons, Scott Walker, Marlene Dietrich, Nick Cave, Mercury Rev and Laurie Anderson. Bevan’s otherworldly vocal performance was recently credited as: “Tragic, and hauntingly beautiful” by Vogue.com. Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, Wendy Bevan and her band create a world of ambiguity that sends a shiver to the core. Temper Temper's soundscape explores the emotion of the Pain of Desire- their show in Edinburgh will be companioned with a mixture of original and archive visuals created and art directed by Bevan, vacillating from serenity to calm, brutal to beautiful, re:ecting the cutting dark side of human desire.

As an internationally renowned photographer, visual artist and performer, Temper Temper represents the coming together of Bevan's talents. Yes, she really is that sickeningly talented- I've blogged about some of her work before here.

At the heart of the band is Wendy Bevan’s mesmerising performance alter ego, Olga. Olga is a combination of women that you might expect to see in a David Lynch film. A femme fatale, dramatic, dark, devastating.The voice of Olga creates a dark, dusty, and seductive ambience as she sings deeply theatrical songs, with mellow dramatic overtones. As the role and the character of the statuesque otherworldly Olga developed, Wendy thought it would be an interesting idea to put a band together, that created a similarly haunting atmosphere and musically allowed her to explore this concept.