If not quite suffering a full-on identity crisis, [a]The Middle East[/a] are at least a geographically confusing prospect – their name suggests sandswept mysticism, their [a]Fleet Fox[/a]y sound Americana folk porch dwelling, but they’re actually from Australia.
They don’t quite conjure the heart-slowing plod of Pecknold’s mob on their second album – ‘Black Death 1349’ is slightly epic in a [a]My Morning Jacket[/a] way while ‘Jesus Came To My Birthday Party’ is a deft bridge between Sparklehorse and The Sleepy Jackson – but the lazy-day loping elsewhere suggests their ideal geographical home is on the Applejack Stage at Green Man at around 3pm.
Jamie Fullerton
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