Photography by me . Are you ready to testify, my brother? Are you ready to preach the good word???? Can I get an amen? AMEN! Can I get a halleloo? HAAALLLEEEEELOOOOOO!!! That's better... Did I ever tell you I'm a reverend? It's true. Got ordained 11 years ago. Nope, I'm no christian or any of that. I'm not this guy: ew. Yeah, sure I was raised baptist [...]
The Middle East Album Review: The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy June 2, 2011 by Chuck Norton Sometimes I have a hard time putting my finger on exactly what it is that makes me fall in love with an album. And sometimes everything about an album makes me fall in love with it. The Australian band, The Middle East, will be releasing their debut LP I Want That You Are Always Happy [...]
Sometimes the most beautiful of things can come from the most unexpected of places. As suggested by a few of its song titles (well, any album that opens with a song called 'Black Death 1349' shouldn't be expected to be the most cheerful of listens), the long-awaited debut from Australia's The Middle East is a rather downbeat affair. This doesn't stop 'I Want That You Are Always Happy' from being an impressive piece of work; in fact, it's perhaps the most rewarding album of the year thus far. There are relatively few upbeat moments. Aside from the [...]
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Here are the juiciest cuts from our May postings rounded up and presented as one marvellous mix plus a couple of cracking new tracks as well. Be sure to check out all our previous 'Best Of the Month' mixes in the sidebar too. Download Country Mice – Morning Son mp3 (from Twister) Country rock and blistering sonic experiments combining to deliver a brilliant apocalyptic ballad. Download Howling Owls – Hay Fever mp3 (from When Tipsy Turns Somber EP) Deliciously ominous folk music that creeps from the edges of [...]
In places this album hints at a change of track for The Middle East , and certainly there are more experimental sounds and sometimes just the bare bones of songs on I Want That You Are Always Happy , but just beneath the surface is a collection of achingly beautiful tracks. The sound might be simpler than their debut The Recordings of the Middle East , but this album will not disappoint fans of their previously more intricate acoustic sound. First up and 'Black Death 1349' is a downbeat start [...]
Soms is recenseren gewoon hard werk. Zo maakt The Middle East het me flink moeilijk met hun nieuwe album met de prachtige titel I Want That You Are Always Happy. Ik heb de CD misschien wel vijf keer gedraaid om een beetje grip te krijgen op wat de Australische band te bieden heeft op het album. De band maakt het de luisteraar en de recensent namelijk niet makkelijk. Het album neemt ruim een uur in beslag en gedurende dat uur neem The Middle East je mee van Tom Waits- achtige somberheid tot feestelijke indie-folk a la The Head [...]
Australia's THE MIDDLE EAST are back with an anticipated new record "I Want That You Are Always Happy" that will be released July 12th in the US on Missing Piece Records, after an initial release in Australia and New Zealand on April 8th. The cover art reminds me a bit of the Crimson Ghost or the reaper in Scrooged, but I'm not sure what to make of his simpler banana-headed paper apprentice nor the album title which fumbles off the lips. Either way, this is a great representative single along the lines of [...]
Unless you're an invalid or just stupid, you are aware of the escalating events going on in the Middle East. Forgetting your political convictions for a moment, as a metalhead who has in one way or another been ostracized by the world around you for your musical beliefs (I know you have, buddy) it is ...
At last night's CONVERGE show at the Middle East in Cambridge, it was evident the single clenched fist has replaced the double "devil horns" as the new symbol of metal solidarity. The CQ Presents... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
The Middle East - Blood (Kill Them With Colour Remix) Kill Them With Colour are an electronic duo from Toronto, Canada, consisting of band members Jason Carr and Wesley Marsh. In the past couple of weeks, I've really started falling in love with these guys and their amazing edits of Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Kid Cudi, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, and Chromeo. In their latest remix, the duo has decided to edit The Middle East 's single Blood . Known for their magical, hypnotic sound featuring varying instrumentation and gentle, addictive guitar hooks, [...]
It takes a few listens to get your head around the new album from Australian outfit, The Middle East. At times it's a dark affair; the first three tracks suggest tones of 60's British folk with a medieval twist (The album opens with "Black Death 1349"). By the fourth track, "Jesus Came to My Birthday Party," the sound shifts to a lighter place, only to dip back into the slow melancholy of songs like "Mount Morgan" and "Months." Clocking in at an hour (almost unheard of these days), I Want That You Are Always Happy takes some patience, [...]
That's the Middle East in a musical and not in a geographical sense obviously. On July 12, the seven-member Australian folk musical collective known as The Middle East will release their debut album, I Want That You Are Always Happy on Missing Piece Records in the US. The album is the follow-up to their debut EP, Recordings of the Middle East , which earned many accolades and led to extensive touring all over the world. Grab a little taste with Hunger Song below. Download The Middle [...]
Going to try something a little different with this column, mainly using a few more images to break up the post. The goal of this post remains the same though. Its me pointing you towards a few things you should hear and see. Hope you dig. Cults have an amazing new video for "Abducted", over at p4k tv . Great companion for the track. Here's the first official video from Fredrik 's third album Flora . Inspired by [...]
IFRAME Embed for Youtube Along with his work with Junip, singer/songwriter Gomez has been working on another solo album Whatever's On Your Mind which will be released on June 21st via ATO Records. Check out the teaser video for their first single "Options" in the teaser video above and stream it below
Way back when several years ago, we heard this achingly beautiful tune by Queensland, Australian music collective The Middle East entitled simply "Blood". As a middle easterner myself, I was automatically intrigued by the name before I heard the song, wondering what this group would sound like. And then I heard "Blood" and was somewhat blown away. It's one of those tunes that just has the biggest, happiest outros you could ever dream of. That song was from their 2008 EP Recordings of the Middle East , and I was extremely excited to [...]
If you live your life this way, you can smell flowers no one else looks up to see. You can sneak past anything. If you can tiptoe, you can crouch behind houseplants and spy on the dust. Haven't you tiptoed with your words to get away with something, to keep from harming someone's soul, to keep yourself coiled tight like a garden snail? It is better than stomping. All those vibrations, the rattling of the china in the cabinets, the fearful hunkering down of the living room furniture when you walk by will all catch up with you. [...]
photo by David Greenwald After a puzzling delay, the Middle East's proper debut album, I Want That You Are Always Happy , is due stateside on July 12 on Missing Piece Records. While it includes baffling rocker " Jesus Came to My Birthday Party, " more of it sounds like "Hunger Song" - a gorgeously layered slice of country-folk driven by keening harmonies and an international perspective. The Australian act remains one of the best bands I saw at SXSW 2010 - their next trip to the U.S. can't come soon [...]
Metality.net has released a new compilation for free download. "METALITY - The Compilation: Volume 2 - Sounds of The Middle East" features over 50 bands from across the region. Here's the full tracklisting: 1. Sand Aura "Aljahelia" (Egypt) 2. InnerGuilt "Burden Of Guilt" (Lebanon) 3. Let It Flow "Grey Man" (Turkey) 4. Phobia "Unavoidable Torm... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
On July 12th, the seven-member Australian musical collective known as The Middle East will release their debut album, I Want That You Are Always Happy, in the US via Missing Piece Records. The album is the long-anticipated follow-up to their debut EP, Recordings of the Middle East, which earned accolades and fans ...
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