Purbeck Templeโs The Agoraphobia Files, released on August 18, 2025, is a personal manifesto wrapped in grit, sorrow, and flashes of redemption. Hailing from Hornsea, England, Temple channels years of trauma, health battles, and the isolating weight of agoraphobia into 13 tracks that blur the line between confession and catharsis. Recorded in his own home studio, the album is raw to the core, stitched together with lived pain and the stubborn drive to turn scars into sound.
Right from the opener, โNot Everybody Looks For a Reason to Run,โ weโre thrown into a storm of thumping drums and tense guitars, with Templeโs voice heavy with ache. The singer pleads, โOpen the door, donโt damn it before itโs undone,โ scared of shutting down love too soon, hinting at how medication, distance, and fractured trust can become the real antagonists in a relationship. While exhausted, they still desire to rebuild, like clinging to the possibility of sunlight after endless rain.
Fast-forward to track eight, โEmptiness in Paradise,โ already a very high-streamed cut, and the mood darkens. His gravelly delivery floats over blazing riffs as he cries out, โEverything I idoliseโฆ emptiness in paradise.โ The paradox hits hard: chasing ideals that only collapse into hollowness, where even beauty becomes isolating. Itโs the story of all those grinders who has seen dreams curdle into sorrow.
By track eleven, โAnger and Religion,โ the tension boils over. The singer soars, โAnger and religion having burdened me the same, I overcome,โ his voice cracking with urgency. Itโs rebellion against forces that cage, a declaration that breaking patternsโbe they dogma or rageโis the only way forward.
Altogether, The Agoraphobia Files is carved straight from Templeโs lived reality. Thatโs what makes it compelling. Check it out on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan