"Få bands har taget retrokonceptet til sig som engelske Temples. Deres lyd er destilleret 60'er-psykedelisk rock a la Byrds, Beatles og T-Rex, og det har ikke ændret sig meget på deres tredje udspil ... frontmand, og Marc Bolan-lookalike James Bagshaws bløde vokal smyger sig om albummets småstenede, men også fine og velproducerede melodier ... Temples ender dog med at dykke lidt for dybt i tidslommen. Der er sket for lidt for bandets musik, og numrene er bare ikke så stærke som på den efterhånden fem år gamle debut"

"They have achieved the almost unachievable in 2019, a rock album that is required listening from start to finish, rather than being a collection of singles and skippable filler. They ought to be applauded for this, and the record ought to be lapped up by a public longing for depth and heft in its music. Spend time with this album. I categorically promise you that it was leave you elated. And then press play again"

"Hot Motion is just as good as Temples' debut, and while it lacks the element of surprise that record had, it makes up for it with improved craft and a boost in energy and sound. It may seem like a backtrack after the experimental nature of Volcano; really it's more like they are heartily reclaiming and celebrating the sound that made them one of the more exciting psychedelic bands of their time"