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 Paul Simon or Mumford & Sons, and reminiscent of the superb musicianship from the group’s debut EP, ‘Recordings of the Middle East’.
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Played their last gig at splendour in the grass in australia yesterday I believe. Sourcing from Mess and Noise, I think they just want to do other things for the moment. Sad times indeed.
[…] Straight from the Outback, The Middle East, is back, and I’ve been listening to this song nonstop in preparation for their new record “I Want That You Are Always Happy“, due to drop July 12, 2011. If you don’t already have this single you can download it for free here! […]