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Heroes

by The Midnight

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breadsticat19265
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breadsticat19265 Heroes sounds very different from all of The Midnight's other past works, with much more eloquent writing and complex instrumentals that help to create a much more defined and unique sound. It seems like The Midnight are finally finding their own voice, and I'm happy to be listening as they do. An excellent album to listen to whilst dreaming about what once was, and what someday will be. Favorite track: Golden Gate.
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Annie Samuel I could have easily chosen "Brooklyn. Friday. Love" (because on a Friday night out it's fun to sing) as my favourite song or Avalanche or Photograph but I have never come across a better "last piece of an album" than Energy. Favorite track: Energy Never Dies, It Just Transforms.
Knut -Thomas
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Knut -Thomas I already have the vinyl, but I need it for my headphones too, since I've cancelled my Spotify subscription he he...but if feels good to support the best synthwave band ever, although if feels stupid saying that, since the midnight is so much more than that🙅 Favorite track: Heart Worth Breaking.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double translucent blue 140g vinyl housed in gloss varnish sleeve with printed inner sleeves. Includes WAV/MP3 download code redeemable from Counter Records.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heroes via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Translucent blue tape cassette housed in library case with fold out J-card insert.

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    CD housed in a gatefold sleeve with photo booklet insert.

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    Signed Deluxe Edition - Triple translucent marbled violet 140g vinyl with lenticular cover art, gatefold sleeve, printed inners, sticker sheet and photo booklet with gloss and embossed details. Also includes a signed postcard insert. Includes WAV/MP3 download code redeemable from Counter Records. Vinyl colour and pattern may vary.

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    Double translucent blue 140g vinyl housed in gloss varnish sleeve with printed inner sleeves. Also includes a signed postcard insert. Includes WAV/MP3 download code redeemable from Counter Records.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heroes via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Triple translucent marbled violet 140g vinyl with lenticular cover art, gatefold sleeve, printed inners, sticker sheet and photo booklet with gloss and embossed details. Includes WAV/MP3 download code redeemable from Counter Records. Vinyl colour and pattern may vary.

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Golden Gate 06:04
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Heartbeat 03:50
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Heroes 05:13
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Loved by You 03:44
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Aerostar 04:55
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Avalanche 04:27
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Souvenir 03:34
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Photograph 02:37
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about

“The last 2 years have been so hard for so many people. ‘Heartbeat’ is a reminder that love and empathy is not a finite resource. There is love enough.” – The Midnight

8th June 2022 – The Midnight are thrilled to be announcing their new full-length studio album Heroes – due out September 9th via Counter Records. Along with the news, the band is releasing the celebratory new single “Heartbeat” – a rousing and electrifying track that helps set the tone for the album, which was written during isolation by the band’s Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle. Heroes represents a clear sonic shift for the duo, who have expanded their lineup to include three live musicians – Lelia Broussard on bass, Royce Whittaker on guitar, and Justin Klunk on saxophone and synth – with both Broussard and Whittaker working alongside them on the new LP which was produced by McEwan and mixed by Ingmar Carlson (Tate McCrae, Disclosure, Carly Rae Jepsen).

Heroes is also the third in a trilogy of albums that started with 2018’s Kids – which reached #1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Chart – and was followed in 2020 with Monsters. “…for me, Kids is self-knowledge, Monsters is self-love, and then Heroes is empathy,” said Lyle. “I got into depth psychology and this idea of etiology, the way a human forms,” he said about Heroes, adding that “the world doesn't get better but we do. We grow into ourselves. We grow into our voice.”

You can hear this shift in the new songs which are more visceral and warmer. For a band that started as a synth-heavy duo, they have come a long way – creating fully realized arena worthy songs. From new single “Heartbeat” with its Van Halen-inspired synth leads, echoing drums, layered vocal chants and an explosive chorus to last month’s single, the propulsive guitar-laden “Change Your Heart or Die” – Heroes ushers in The Midnight’s next era with some of their biggest and boldest songs yet.

While taking a huge sonic step forward on Heroes, the band’s music still possesses the dramatic and nostalgic streak they’ve become known for since their 2014 debut in EP Days of Thunder. The new LP also reflects the confidence they’ve gained in their songwriting thanks in part due to their expanded live lineup. The band’s vivid sound is well-suited to full rock instrumentation, and the five-piece has cemented that in front on massive sold-out crowds this past year in 1-2k-capacity venues, up from 500-capacity clubs in 2019 and looking ahead to selling out London’s 5k-person Brixton Academy and similar sized venues in 2022.

Heroes is an album of songs about togetherness and trials won by love. Listen to both “Heartbeat” and “Change Your Heart or Die” now.

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released September 9, 2022

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The Midnight Los Angeles, California

There is a Japanese term: Mono no aware. It means basically, the sad beauty of seeing time pass - the aching awareness of impermanence. These are the days that we will return to one day in the future only in memories.

The Midnight consists of Tyler Lyle (a songwriter from the Deep South) and Tim McEwan (a producer from Denmark).
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