The Middle East: The Recordings of the Middle East (Spunk)

Okay this is odd: this seems to be a belated five-song EP taken from an album of the same name from early last year by an Australian band (collective?) which has broken up **. So this sampler seems well after the fact, which is disappointing because their alt.folk style would certainly appeal to people with a taste for Espers, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, recent Bonnie "Prince" Billy et al.

But it seems they called it day. Maybe they found their band name meant no one could find them in a Google/You Tube search?

Here then is a taste of what they left behind, although the whole album may be the way to go if what you hear here is appealing -- and it is.

** Actually we've learned that they haven't! [See below] Which is very good news.