Malcolm Middleton News

30th June

Malcolm will be playing The Sunrise Stage at 18:35 on Saturday the 19th July at this years Latitude Festival in Suffolk.

5th June

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Malcolm's limited edition live cd Live At The Bush Hall has now sold out. So it's been repressed and now there are some more "limited edition" copies available from the webshop.

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It's a solo acoustic performance which was recorded in London on the 15th December 2005 when Malcolm was still (kind of) young and innocent. The album features rare versions of Cheer Down, A Moaning Shite and 7" Cigarette (b-side to the Ryanair Song single) as well as the previously unreleased song School Dances. The album is only available through the webshop and at gigs, please click on the album cover to hear some highlights/lowlights.

Track-listing is:

7" Cigarette
School Dances
Monday Night Nothing
Speed On The M9
1,2,3,4
Autumn
Break My Heart
Cheer Down
Crappo The Clown

Cold Winter
Devastation
Loneliness Shines
The King Of Bring
A Moaning Shite
Devil And The Angel

Upcoming live appearances:

July

19 Latitude Festival, Suffolk, England

3rd March

New album Sleight Of Heart is out now.

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Week Off
Blue Plastic Bags
Total Belief
Just Like Anything (Jackson C. Frank)
Follow Robin Down
Stay (Madonna)
Marguerita Red (King Creosote)
Love Comes In Waves
Hey You

Here's some choice quotes from the "sales reps"...

Too miserable for suicide - NME

It all adds up to a collection which is enjoyable and – at least in terms of Malcolm Middleton – optimistic - BBC Music

There’s something rare and endearing about someone pouring their heart out to you and cracking a few gags along the way - New-Noise

"Follow Robin Down" is, for my money, the best track on the album - Leeds Music Scene

Sleight of Heart is little more than a glorified collection of outtakes - Drowned In Sound

Sleight of Heart moves beyond first appearances and, far from being a collection of cast-offs, offers both a change and also thankfully more of the same from this most humane of singer songwriters - Penny Black Music

Self-penned musings on self loathing and the general crappiness of love - CD Times

The tedious “Love Comes in Waves” and the repetitive “Total Belief” are far from Middleton’s best work - Obscure Sound

‘Love Comes in Waves’, a seven minute slice of epic indie pop...The song then concludes in a stunning series of vocal harmonies between himself and the airy-voiced Reeve. It is in his ten year career possibly his finest moment yet - Penny Black Music

Sales have never been an indicator of quality anyway - The Fly

Middleton shows off impressive acoustic guitar skills oddly reminiscent of a young Paul Simon - The Times

"Stay" sees him tempt a lover to "come back for more", or he'll "die" - Uncut