Ppppy indie shoegaze trio Middle Kids' first full-length :Lost Friends is an album about relationships that ended up on the rocks. The Sydney based trio keep it radio-friendly, with an occasional uutburst of distorted guitar to placate the rock crowd.
Polished grief and anxiety are the order of the day. It is all done in good taste, like a light version of Arcade Fire or PJ Harvey. Edge of Town might be their ticket to the Summer Festival circuit with its wavering, sunny side up vocals and swirling guitars on top of a lazy backbeat leading up to the double-time climax. Making things a little dirtier in the future would not hurt them.
Love Spells is released thru Domioo.
Tracks:- Bought
- Mistake
- Edge of Town
- Maryland
- On My Knees
- Don’t Be Hiding
- Hole
- Please
- Lost Friends
- Never Start
- Tell Me Something
- So Long, Farewell, I’m Gone
- 05/08 Red Eye Records, Sydney
- 05/09 Rosemount Hotel, North Perth
- 05/10 Mojos Bar Fremantle, Fremantle
- 05/11 Fat Controller, Adelaide
- 05/18 Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane
- 05/19 Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane
- 05/23 Corner Hotel, Richmond
- 05/25 Karova Lounge, Ballarat
- 05/25 Karova Lounge, Ballarat
- 05/26 Corner Hotel, Richmond
- 05/27 Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- 06/05 Brighton Music Hall,Allston, MA
- 06/07 Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
- 06/08 The Crofoot, Pontiac, MI
- 06/09 Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
- 06/11 recordBar, Kansas City, MO
- 06/12 The Ready Room, St. Louis, MO
- 06/13 The High Watt, Nashville, TN
- 06/14 Firefly Music Festival, Dover, DE
- 06/15 Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington
- 06/18 The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC
- 06/19 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
- 06/21 White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
- 06/22 Antone's, Austin, TX
- 06/23 Club Dada, Dallas, TX
- 06/26 The Independent, San Francisco, CA
- 06/26 Lodge Room Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA
- 06/27 The Independent, San Francisco, CA
- 06/29 Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
- 06/30 Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
