The Middle East - The Darkest Side (Live on KEXP)

[ColonelBuckshot]

When i die i'm alive and when i lose i find, my very best friend.

[MrMatthijs12]

I fell in love with the girl

[ChildOfAnunnaki]

This music makes my soul calm !

[ChildOfAnunnaki]

Hi, does anyone know why these guys have broken up? I came across this beautiful music on "Rage" (ABC TV) in Australia and then read they are splitting... Australia needs to keep Artists like these guys!

[mickcoop91]

haha he has masking tape over the fender logo on his tele! must be because he is in the gibson show room!! haha sick song though ay



[lmacnaughton1212]

chills



[pinkfire29]

Middle East, Y U BREAK UP?

[ihearsunshine]

@pinkfire29 WHAT?! BREAK UP?! You must be kidding me?

[pinkfire29]

@ihearsunshine I wish I was kidding you. They announced it at Splendour this year :(

[superfingers101]

Goes to show that Townsville can produce some talent :) Woot go the ville :)

[toxycola]

That ginger haired man with beard is soo handsome!

[toxycola]

This song is my love!

[MarioMugio]

This song is pure love.It reminds me of a person I loved and for which I cried on my bedroom floor while listening to her incredible fragile voice! <3

[MarioMugio]

This song is pure love.It reminds me of a person I loved and for which I cried on my bedroom floor while listening to her incredible fragile voice! <3

[get1on2it3]

this song is exempt from criticism.

[MRygreb]

that ginger's hot...just sayin'

[Camden1313]

What an amazing voice..or voices I should say. You can really tell the talent of a band by their live performances, and The Middle East, are clearly talented:-)

[NickyNickyWaaWaa]

top that kesha

[nurtsurt]

Brillant live performance.

[clover787]

better than the studio version.



[superfingers101]

I only just found out not long ago that the girl went to my skool :) probs the best thing that has come out of my school in Townsville :)

[JessicaFox93]

@superfingers101 What school? I'm a fellow shitvillian :D

[samiam2693]

So delicate...so amazing.

[theselector]

I've only heard 4 of their songs. Are all their songs so slow and serious? I thought coming from Townsville they may have sunnier dispositions.

[Captainfluffcake666]

@theselector Well let's put it this way. These guys are one of the only bands to come out of Townsville and they are the vast minority. Maybe to get out of Townsville, Deathcore is not the way... Just a thought haha

[crazydre82]

They remind me of Arcade Fire. I'm not saying their copying AF's style. But they're both mult-instrument indie folk rock bands. They guys are so talented. This live version sounds better than the album. Love it!

[GoodBandsYouDontKnow]

172 Thumbs Up; 0 Thumbs Down. That's nice.

[vrkitschn]

so tranquil. amazing. 

[Apairofapples]

Love. I feel so deep when this is on.

[carrionbludd]

Am so glad that someone from my home town wrote something so beautiful and shared it with all :D so proud of these guys <3

[KaiyaCade]

aw no she must be sick :(

[mrswicknick]

I wanted to marry the girl the second I heard her voice on CD.... but dear god now? Shes beautiful! If your reading this... marry me!

Favorite song on the planet by the way.

[indiegyal87]

These guys are good...Thanx mumford for the intro;)

[jordanownjoa]

I love The Middle East's songs and this is just even more incredible. They play with so much energy. Very good performance.

[MCandBjuice]

this must actually be my favourite song of all time.

[BenGasser]

i went to uni with these guys :D man have they gone a long way in two years. they were playing shows to only 20 people in 2008. With such beautiful original music I'm really glad they have made it where they are. Congrats guys :)

[bayswaterband]

that female singer/fluist has the most attractive everything ever.

[luckyphilster]

they had to put tape over the "fender" logo on his tele caused it was a gibson promo.... how fuckin pathetic are people who work in marketing

[nap1056]

@luckyphilster it didnt matter anyway, everyone who cared at the thing would of already known that it was a bloody fender, all of the amps they use too are fenders, so great stuff the people of gibson.

[amelamusic]

beautiful

[jakedeving]

I WANT HIS BEARD. YES, HIM.

[cm410856]

i know the guy on the accordion.

[TheTomGreenEnigma]

How fucking sick is red head jesus with the trumpet

[tafka92]

I love the tape over the fender mark because they are at a Gibson event.

[kook08]

these guys are gods among men! 

[MsIdunno1]

@deusvia

dont watch it.

[emilyrose2804]

I saw them at BDO and it was literally silent while they were playing. I've never seen anything like it before.

[shhhazzle]

Beautiful

[Jordan19922444]

I got a tattoo inspired by this song.

[saaatch]

its the darkest side....A-M-A-Z-I-N-G...

[cantpimpluv]

Purely beautiful. You guys are trying to make me cry :'(

[alexb618]

modern masterpiece

[rowannathan]

brilliant band. brilliant song. brilliant video. brilliant uploader for this :D

[howieandolivia]

Great harmonies. and lovely vocal transitions! Soooo emotional!

[Lotrfan99]

this is beautiful and good music. end of story. you cant appreciate then get the fuck out. period.

[s3dooooooooooooooon]

I am originally from the Middle east, and i was wondring!!

Why they call themself "Middle east band"..

Beautiful song and i like their music

[tkbat123]

@s3dooooooooooooooon The band are from Townsville Australia. Townsville is there home town in middle of the East coast of Queensland (QLD)

[JessicaFox93]

@tkbat123 Wrong. Townsville is to the North. Quite a bit actually. Is that the actual reason behind their name though?

[SatoriTheLush]

@deusvia - what on earth possessed you to write that? Nobody is forcing you to listen to this if you don't like it, but if you all you can do is toss insults around... well, then I'd like to see you put out a better performance.

[deusvia]

@SatoriTheLush. I do apologize if I offended u with my comment. It wasn't directed at you. The people are in the video was my intended target. I do appreciate the music. Don't get me wrong, but, grown ass men? Then again, it is only as we grow older we truly develop a sense of delicate artistry and understanding of all things worldly that these guys probably have already achieved.So, after another few listens I will retract my comment and more than likely add it to my favorites.

[deusvia]

Oh come on, will ye open your mouths and sing. Play those instruments you have in your hands and stop dribbling those tunes from your lips. Pathetic arty/farty pretentiousness that beguiles true craft and graft. I'm sorry, I love music but this just doesn't do it for me. A class of adolescent schoolgirls could do better.

[NeonFoxLetsPlays]

@deusvia you don't really get it do you? you can't just have appreciation for music like this. not all music is supposed to be blasted into your eardrums and shouting into the microphone. the song doesn't rely on that, it's more of subtle nuance and a very calm feel.

you don't love music if you can't appreciate it.

[pyurmassacur]

@NeonFoxLetsPlays you realise saying "you don't love music if you can't appreciate it" makes you just as much of an ass. A year on you probably know that, right?

[Cms1177]

@deusvia Cant wait to hear you and your band do better (sarcasm)

[sexpantherize]

@deusvia All hail super douche.

[pyurmassacur]

@deusvia i kind of agree with you man. live they'd be so depressing. but the music itself is brilliant :) fuck what these dumbass people think, they attack like vultures when they're meant to be the most musically open minded people. So they think. It's your opinion, man. be heard.

[deusvia]

@pyurmassacur Haha, cheers dude. I did add it to my favorites & not all the music I listen to is blasted into my eardrums. I have purchased their music since also. My comment was flippant and made upon first listen. Thank you PYURMASSACUR for your support and understanding. The one thing that annoys me about my fellow music lovers is that some of those people are pretentious art/farty, know it all prudes. (e.g. Anyone who liked SatoriThe Lush's comment)

[sassinebernadette]

amazing is just an understatement...

[omgitsmillie]

Saddest song ever written.

[Radiohead1010]

top song

[kallegulla]

I love the flute-trumpet-accordion part!

[Wechsewinke]

anyone know how this instrument the guy on the left plays is called?

[Wechsewinke]

@Wechsewinke

ok i found it on the gibson website.

its a gibson jam master series standard f-style mandolin

[jamesbeauman]

@Wechsewinke i thinks its a mandolin

[ruudolphthered]

@jamesbeauman . Yes it is a mandolin.

[smokeweedndoshit]

among the most beautiful music i have heard

[Leehnard]

amayzinggg :)