The Middle East - The Darkest Side

[ImKumek]

19 people just don't like it, but I do.

[seanchenn]

@ImKumek hahah

[tahini87]

so beautiful, makes me swoon

[tasteflavored]

this song always makes me feel mellow and introspective

[agamav]

Hearing this song after a year. My eyes watered up with nostalgia. What a song man!!

[katiecoole101]

Love them! Love everything they create...

[SaibotRoenn]

haha seems people are just bound to start fighting in comment sections XD but awesome song though! (plz don't rip on spelling errors, english isn't my first language!)

[undercover4344]

@itsBARTER doesnt exist haha

[lovevioletville]

*SWEET JESUS FACE*

[inexcessive]

fake

[hunter220]

@itsBARTER Not only is this a fucking generic bullshit youtube comment that 100000 people post in 1000000 different videos, but you even managed to screw it up so much that you typed it wrong. It's 'the dislike button is not the download button'.

[jeremydulac87]

@Nerdaliciousness101 THANK YOU! Such a terrible word to use

[WeShallNeverStop]

What album is this on?

[avayaize]

bree's voice is magical

[kinacantdance]

This song is bad ass. I love it. <3

[thewade717]

Splendor in the grass.. Last gig.. They'll be back mates.

[jezzr101]

wow he can count that high !?!!?!?

[cmlbelle]

@nuddinbedadado wtf? why thank god??

[MrCurrymaker]

@noodlenoe5 same… I gotta stop listening to these depressing songs!

[noodlenoe5]

i feel so alone when i hear this. e_e

[21cayao]

Paramore's song Misguided Ghosts totally copied the begininning. The similarity is scary!

[SunnyKevNic]

@21cayao I thought the exact same!

[MrPBarlow]

@21cayao Oh wow, that's...striking. Yeah, I totally see what you mean.

[avayaize]

@21cayao it is! they even have the counting at the start...

[SaintsTears]

Thanks Intergalactic koala.

[lucaisalive1]

this is to cool for school.



[BreannaGosdin4]

The eleven people that don't know what real music is will rot in hell.

[Insert8bit]

I FINALLY JUST LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE INTRO HUZZAH! :D

[ToomeyVonToomey]

@Insert8bit It's so freaking hard. Took me about three straight hours >.<

[Mariaplaysthepiano]

what? how is it posiible that i JUST found them? they are good, so damn good.

[SachalKhan]

@Mariaplaysthepiano Unlucky, they just split up.

[WhiteyluvsHugh]

I'm so heartbroken they broke up : ( I feel so privileged to have seen them at Woodford <3

[acejojo]

They Broke up again Booooo.... come back soon Please!!!

[whitewashedlife]

QUIT FIGHTING!!! i am appalled as lover of both M&S and The Middle East. you don't have to like only one group and the other is shit. the bands themselves collaborate and listen to each other, so why do we have to fight?! you can't even compare them , because everyone's view is different. that's basicly like trying to create a utopia - IMPOSSIBLE. both are talented and brilliant whether you think so or not, because they both sit there and think of pieces of art for dicks like y'all.

[laurelclare42]

@whitewashedlife well said. The members of the bands are good friends and they appreciate each other's music equally. They are both wonderful.

[nicholastowery88]

PLEASE!!! ANYBODY THAT HAS THEIR SONG DIRTY LOOKS.Please send me a message,email me.I need a link to get that song.I'm american and my itunes won't let me buy it from the autstralian store.Please help me out here.Haha.Email at nicholastowery88@yahoo.com

[jjjrulez]

I love the middle east. But they are not even close to Bon Iver. Uncomparable. Justin Vernon is a genius

[BluesGee]

@jjjrulez how's justin vernon even relevant to this song? comparing artists is the easiest way to start wordwars on you-tube and this song is definitely not the place to start a fight

[jjjrulez]

@BluesGee If you had read previous comments maybe you wouldn't be so out of the loop. I am entitled to my own opinion... or am i not... probably up to you

[BluesGee]

@jjjrulez sadly i do not spend my time pressing back and reading hundreds of comments :( i wish i had the time for that. ON OTHER NOTE, FUCK THIS SONG IS SO GOOD

[Brissinga108]

ur shit

[RaygunShaun]

Am I the only person who thinks that the SimCity reference slightly ruins this song?

This song is too beautiful for a SimCity reference.

[ZombiezFromDaHood]

@RaygunShaun Who cares if they reference a game? It's the meaning behind it that matters.

[OliviaReedEdwards]

The middle east are so amazing <3

[rottepop]

Very fragile and delicate song! Love it for a long time and playing it loud!

[rattyroo7]

My heart just breaks when i hear the woman's voice <3

[natfuckmother]

one of the most beautiful songs ever written i think.

[chl00000e]

this song is so pretty

[Silly909Girl]

I discovered this song by watching The Killing. I like it a lot.

[Inzomnia263]

amazing

[AvniMustafai]

These guys are awesome

[natfuckmother]

this is the most beautiful song + band i have come across in a long time...wow

[lnynxx100]

@norcaliforniagirl lol faggot

[feeenickss]

This song is truly gorgeous.

[Megatrousers]

Pretty much the only good thing about townsville...

[supersheep23]

@Megatrousers You guys have Groovin' the moo too. Try living in Cairns.

[HatemShredHed]

Nice band.

[FunKADunK]

I love everything about this song, but everything is soured by the line "if I died on my bedroom floor, would you cry on your bedroom floor, and tattoo my name underneath your arm?" I mean, really now? That's something my old high school girlfriend would ask me when we were laying in bed, and it irked me then too. Maiming yourself isn't a sign of love or mourning, and I'm pretty sure anyone who has survived past the age of 15 knows that.

[lomchild]

@FunKADunK

I would agree with you, but that verse is prefaced with 'Son'

And that changes it, very much.

[jmlucero2]

this song puts me in a dream state... it's so beautiful

[rosydonut]

This is a fucking good song.

[Samanth90]

Soo good

[truckinstructor]

love it!!!

[panijadziazwachocka]

It is played on board of Air France aircrafts. Love it.

[belowthestarsandmoon]

i have no words to describe how much i love this song.

[Brissinga108]

Bloody beautiful I have to say... It's kind of Bon Iver + Mumford and sons = The Middle East.

[TRUEorFAKE]

@Brissinga108 OMG! I was just listening to bon iver, and thinking the EXACT same thing!

[SachalKhan]

@Brissinga108 Don't disgrace these people by comparing them to Mumford & Sons.

[Brissinga108]

@SachalKhan Yeh mate, it's mumford and sons bon Iver who are really really good and then the middle east are twice that good together! so it's not a blooming insult!

[SachalKhan]

@Brissinga108 meh, I think mumford & sons only had like two good songs, which where dustbowl dance and i gave you all.

[Brissinga108]

@SachalKhan dude! Mumford and sons hade hell good songs like little lion man, winter winds, the cave and white blank page! look I'm tied of this so thats ur opinion this is mine.

[SachalKhan]

@Brissinga108 Dust Bowl Dance was the only well-made song whereas the rest was mainstream acoustic shit.

[MrSuperbotboy]

@SachalKhan Dude you're a hipster doofus.

[SachalKhan]

@MrSuperbotboy No, fuck hipsters.

[MrSuperbotboy]

@SachalKhan fuck you! :)!

[SachalKhan]

@MrSuperbotboy Lol, resorting to personal insults. All I said was that I think Mumford & Sons are terrible bar about two songs, don't flame me for it.

[MrSuperbotboy]

@SachalKhan LOL resorting to a not so well constructed argument presented to make me stop annoying you :)!

[SachalKhan]

@MrSuperbotboy You're not annoying me, you're just resorting to what pretty much everyone does when an artist they like is criticised, which is basically to act butthurt and try and insult the person in return.

[Megatrousers]

These guys have been over to my house :3

[eddlovescats]

@Megatrousers - I trust you locked them in and they're still in there with you?

[saturnzchild1]

"Amazing"

[Sholk42]

Why haven't I heard this amzingness before now? This is just... Oh. My. God.

[4ensicdoc]

waw

[heylittleladie]

@skateskatskasks you must feel so proud correcting people's english grammer on youtube...

[LessThanJayson]

They sound pretty

[jaguarnero]

Sincere and imaginative; easy to like the sound and simplicity of their ability.

[Futureboyyy]

What a great band. Love it.

[BobbyC357]

not bad that

[z3ooLa]

nice song <3

[slothboy6]

My goodness, I've never heard such an amazing song.

[ficethepker]

thumbs up if you're from townsville!

[emgotautubeaccount]

this song is cool water healing all my wounds

[skippyskater]

So gooood...

[sethelethh]

One of those songs that give a voice to the soul -_- , i'm missing my "lovely" at the moment..

[ilekaj1]

I've been listening to this song over and over and over and over and over.

[chuffa22]

@ilekaj1 like a monkey with a minature cymbal?

[cubsfan967]

@ilekaj1 faaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggg­gggggggg! haxor!

[ashXleeXy]

@ilekaj1 welcome to my world

[raenmakk]

absolutely stunning music. love them :)

[Mellyflu0us]

Fabulous

[CALEBBAND1]

Such a great song and band-we would love to tour with in the U.K.

:[

[TheChic92]

Love!!

[XxmotioncityxX]

I saw them recently. I couldn't believe how amazing they are live. swoon.

[lllllllllll1llllllll]

One EPIC song.

[suppmrmushu]

saw them with Mumford and Sons in La, so dope

[DinahBeee]

I heard about The Middle East a while ago, but I only ever listened to Blood, but woww, I never knew they were this breathtakingly amazing.

[HanaEek]

I saw them live, the play with so much passion it can make a grown man cry.

[flytothesky0]

the best song ever

[bazswisss]

Mmm... This song is very gd, but i don't fink it is the type of song i wuld listen to. All the time.

[MJarehot]

Gutted I missed them at Latitude!

[spankazoid]

wow



[TheBassHeavy]

WOW

[xdanina28]

I'm inlove, completly inlove with this song, i want to fly !!!

[JamesMajdali]

wow this is the first song i've heard by the Middle East and i am instantly in love with the sound. beauteous.

[mayarawrs]

This song gives me the chills in the best way possible.

I'm so excited to see them today. :)

[remoods]

Wonderful song - we love it !!!

REMOODS

[faz1494]

townsville

love living here :)

[MJarehot]

so excited about seeing them at Latitude this weekend :)

[brittanyyyy2]

this band makes me jizz in my pants.

[d3m0nsall]

Just heard this song on the radio. I love it....

[TheAreza1]

i think 2 people accidently clicked the dislike button

[sillywabbit1234]

@TheAreza1 3

[AlexMcginty356]

Auuughh! I want to make love to this song!

[Karoteur]

I just want to suicide with this music

[Musicguru1979]

This song is so un-earthly beautiful... Breathtaking. Orderen the 6-track ep last month and it's just amazing!

[melkyeyes]

what an amazing song... so moving. i really enjoyed it!

[luccyluccy]

they're playing tomorrow. i'm not going :(

[gemminNumber1]

townsvilles just up the road from me! :)

[SnapAtMeJasper]

Only one word can be said.

Wow...

[BeautifulLivingArt]

Another amazing song by this band! Definitely hope to catch a live show sometime!

[cobbwebb77]

saw them lasr night in hollywood! it was awesome!!

[Shrubbs]

They were great in New York

[givemebutterflies1]

Saw them at Sasquatch a couple days ago. They're absolutely amazing!!

[losfrikisdecuartoeso]

Que jodida maravilla...

[campjake7]

Just saw these guys with Mumford and Sons in Portland... best show ever!

[tulipina2328]

@campjake7 Cannot agree more.

[BensPurdyLady]

Awesome Song, Seen them in Concert in Cleveland Last Friday. The Female Vocals are AWESOME!

[XxTRiCKYTiM3SYxX]

love it, great song

[bucketchild749]

yes gooo australia. so proud of these guys! such a perfect song.

[xDownLOUDproductions]

They make me proud to be from the same town as them. They're are seriously the only good thing to come out of Townsville...

[pipedream07]

I have just discovered this song. It really grabs me. The guitar picking is perfect. The vocals are subtle.... It's so fragile. It looks like everything is going to collapse...

[dropxdeadxkelly]

never heard anything like this<333

[CHAOINGTON]

this is a beauty :O

[crayolamesarah]

i just saw them saturday night opening for frightened rabbit. hadn't heard them before, but i fell in love :D

[justKejti]

simply perfect

[traynorbus]

sounds like fionn regan...

[noddy01397]

makes me proud to be australian

[xbebelx]

Magical.

[Yesz11]

this one is almost as good as 'blood'!

i love the singer's voice.. so beautiful.

[berrygoodstuff]

Thank you KCRW for turning me onto another group.

[slayersf2]

sasquatch!!!!!! theyr goin to be there :D

[NJCLASH]

i just discovered them today. i love blood. and they are aussies ? how hot. will they be playing in july ? if so i will go see them. viva australie !

[Stiippyy2561]

Love them! they sound a bit like Fleet Foxes

[wilsuf14]

*they're

[wilsuf14]

their way more down tempo than Lisa Mitchell, more like a male version of Cat Power. Love them both!

[haggidubious]

They're from Townsville, Australia- happy to say I saw them many times there.

[Koniaku]

you're one lucky dude :)

[josshillary]

@Koniaku To be fair though Townsville is one boring place!

[Maddyisnotshort13]

@josshillary Creativity can come from the strangest places!

[HAYDENProductionsInc]

@haggidubious Lol Yes, My dad knows them (:

[kennykshatriya]

@haggidubious

i wonder if they know the powerpuff girls

[MrYelot]

@haggidubious I am so jealous. I always wanted to find a good band like them and watch them live for cheap while they were small time. And I bet autographs and meeting them was easy when they were small to.

[haggidubious]

@MrYelot LOL if anyone has asked for an autograph, they'd possibly have burst into flames with embarassment! Pretty low-key folks.

[MrYelot]

@haggidubious Ya, they do seem pretty melow.

[TheEmalle]

@haggidubious You are damn lucky! (-:

[LongliveNessie]

@haggidubious THE city of townsville.... IS UNDER ATTACK BY MOJOJOJO!!!!

[katelove1993]

No, they're Australian...