We make no attempt to hide it; we’re big time fans for everything that Simian Mobile Disco do. We recently included the UK techno team in our epic Best Live Shows list and now that they’re getting ready to unleash their second full-length record, the bold dance marathon they call Temporary Pleasure, we’re in fully-blown worship mode. So it was with great speed that we leaped at the chance to interview the duo about the treasures contained on Temporary Pleasure.

Speaking with ITM in the wee hours of the UK morning, SMD’s James Ford spoke about the evolution of the record, saying that Temporary Pleasure began as a dark techno record, but took another shape as the group began to collaborate with the likes of Jamie Lidell, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Telepathe and Beth Ditto of The Gossip. “Once we started getting vocal contributions back we knew that the record was different than we first thought,” Ford explains. “That’s what I like about collaborations, they’re an uncontrollable element. We always embrace that because we don’t want to just do one style or genre. That’s why this record sounds wildly different in places.”

Ford reveals that the album might have ended up even wilder if Simian Mobile Disco could have managed to secure their dream vocal contributions from OutKast icon Andre 3000 and Australian rock royalty Nick Cave. “We really wanted to work with Nick Cave on this record. I think hearing him on a Simian track would be great. But he never returned our messages, so I guess he wasn’t interested,” Ford laughs. “We also wanted to get Andre 3000 on a track, but he couldn’t do it because he was shooting a movie or something,” he says of the missed opportunity.

We’ll have more of ITM’s interview with Simian Mobile Disco soon enough but stay tuned for Temporary Pleasure to drop on August 14th through Shock.