Based on first listen, it’s lacking the instrumentation, haunting harmonies and song escalation that their 2009 EP was saturated with. I’m not going to share one of their new songs until I know which is worth it. Below is “Blood” from The Recordings of The Middle East EP. 

The Middle East - Blood by wereofftherails

Houdini by Foster The People

Full album streaming now on KCRW. 
Available on Amazon Mp3.  

Album: The Cold Still
Release Date:  February 8, 2011. Label: Absentee Recordings
Available on: iTunes, Amazon Mp3   

Greg Holden’s video for “Bar On A” has been appropriately released the morning after Cinco de Mayo. I kind of wish I was at this party. Seems like everyone else was! I feel like the Los Angeles singer/songwriter scene should throw a West Coast version… 

The Fling. New album When The MadHouses Appear out (today) May 3 on Dangerbird. Love the album cover below.  

New video in from Blake Mills. Totally into the weird, desert arcade town vibe. And completely in love with the song.