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Townsville, Australia (2005 – 2008, 2009 – 2011)

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.
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  • jasonn1973

    <3

    Monday afternoon
  • WaltJizzney

    Anyone know a way to get the Split EP with Sleeping In Trains? Their myspace page has dead links.

    Thursday morning
  • tokyochorus

    whoa whoa they broke up

    Thursday morning
  • Cliquot_

    looking for the album like crazy!

    11 days ago
  • metrox324

    I really love their song "Blood". The most artistic song I have ever heard before. It is very nostalgic and it makes me sad for no reason. I was looking for Crazy Stupid Love soundtracks and I came out with this. And it was so awesome.

    17 days ago
  • sper12

    Why would they break up because a tiny market like Australia wasn't working for them but the larger overseas ones were? Don't think that's right. BTW, this really is tragic that they are no more.

    20 days ago
  • HeroGothamNeeds

    I was just repeating what I was told that sounds like a more reasonable answer

    28 days ago
  • andrewrutherfor

    Also, I'm guessing another reason they broke up was playing to drunk douchbags who heckled for Blood all show. They didn't play it when I saw them and I was more than happy :)

    last month
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29 Mar 2010 | from www.themiddleeastmusic.com/home

iTunes Europe: http://bit.ly/hZaqtX Amazon UK : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-That-You-Always-Happy/dp/B004SGYHUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302280825&sr=8-1 Amazon Germany: …

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