The Middle East
The Middle East were a musical collective from Townsville, Australia, which… Read Full Bio ↴The Middle East were a musical collective from Townsville, Australia, which formed in 2005. Fusing various influences from post-rock to folk to ambient, various members have at different times played in other North Queensland based groups such as Joseph Liddy and the Skeleton Horse, The Forest, and We Are Buildings.
After completing several East Coast tours, they released a split EP in 2006 with local Cairns band Sleeping in Trains. Their debut album The Recordings of the Middle East was released on 24th April 2008, shortly before the band announced their first split. They reconvened eight months later, and in the autumn of 2009 released their album in the United States as an abridged EP, also called The Recordings of the Middle East.
Their song "Blood" is featured in the films Accidents Happen, It's Kind of a Funny Story. and Crazy, Stupid, Love, as well as in an episode of the Australian television comedy-drama series Offspring and an advertisement for European bank BNP Paribas.
At the start of their appearance at 2011's Splendour in the Grass music festival, the band announced that their set that night would be their last show ever, thanking fans in attendance for making their finale special for the band.
After completing several East Coast tours, they released a split EP in 2006 with local Cairns band Sleeping in Trains. Their debut album The Recordings of the Middle East was released on 24th April 2008, shortly before the band announced their first split. They reconvened eight months later, and in the autumn of 2009 released their album in the United States as an abridged EP, also called The Recordings of the Middle East.
Their song "Blood" is featured in the films Accidents Happen, It's Kind of a Funny Story. and Crazy, Stupid, Love, as well as in an episode of the Australian television comedy-drama series Offspring and an advertisement for European bank BNP Paribas.
At the start of their appearance at 2011's Splendour in the Grass music festival, the band announced that their set that night would be their last show ever, thanking fans in attendance for making their finale special for the band.
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The Middle East Lyrics
05. Fool's Gold Those steady eyes and that Ready smile Can contain the tur…
As I Go To See Janey And there’s six Spanish sailors Drifting aimless Through t…
Beleriand When the truth comes out The light Telperion dies Ungoliant …
Black Death 1349 Black Death, 1349 Rats are coming down the Rhine Pretty …
Blood Older brother, restless soul, lie down Lie for a while with…
Dan's Silverleaf My dear anne Singing so low unto yourself Just in the kitche…
Deep Water Green-eyed looker, it always pains me to see Hollowed out p…
Dirty Looks I read the words of a thousand books And gave away…
fool Those steady eyes and that Ready smile Can contain the turmo…
Hunger Song I’ve got a hollow inside my stomach That I can’t seem…
Jesus Came to My Birthday Party Jesus came to my birthday party When I was seventeen I tho…
Land of the Bloody Unknown There were letters unopened at the foot of my bed When…
Lonely We have material minds And restless hands Longing hearts …
Months Wake me in the morning Gon’ wake me up at night Ain’t…
My Grandma Was Pearl Hall Mothers Love their children Even when they Are violent. …
Pig Food All my thoughts are dead Sunk in the ocean of my…
The Blood Older brother, restless soul, lie down Lie for a while with…
The Darkest Side One, two, three four Love was the air in your mother's…
The Fall Of Man the trees are burnt the grass is brown the sky turns red …
Tsietsi let it all come down again rise and fall, young and…
Very Many Seldom never came out soon enough (?) That animated it by…