Michaela Tempers Set to Release Third Single ‘Higher Ground’ via Home Alone Records
After the success of a sold-out release show, Tempers is back with her third single, Higher Ground, which will be released on 8 April. Drawing inspiration from the folk artists of the 60’s and 70’s, Higher Ground was written as a kind-of love song and provides a softer touch to the Good Woman EP. Recorded live, it begins with a tender refrain: “I write love songs in the morning, I write love songs in the day, I’ll sing to you tomorrow, if I make it through today.” A soft electric guitar is introduced, with drums and organ building into the chorus. In the second verse a double base adds depth to the lyrics: “I’m a thousand different women, dressed in shades of red, and we won’t win this race we’re in just like I always said.”
Michaela Tempers is a writer and musician based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa. After moving home from Melbourne in 2019, Michaela Tempers rediscovered her lost love for songwriting. While studying for her master’s in Creative Writing, she began to write a collection of songs exploring the complexities of womanhood. The resulting work forms the basis of her debut EP Good Woman, which is out on Te Whanganui-a-Tara label Home Alone in May 2025.
Tempers’ six-track EP was recorded at Surgery Studios with Lee Prebble and an all-star folk band of Chris Armour (guitar), Dayle Jellyman (organ), Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (drums), Phoebe Johnson (bass), and Brooke Singer (keys). It was mixed and produced by Brooke Singer and Chris Armour and mastered by Carl Saff.
