Middle Kids Perform "Stacking Chairs" on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

MIDDLE KIDS PLAY “STACKING CHAIRS” ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT’S  #LATESHOWMEMUSIC CURRENTLY ON US TOUR TODAY WE’RE THE GREATEST  OUT NOW ON DOMINO

Middle Kids are one of the first Australian bands to touch US soil since COVID hit and they are making up for lost time - delivering night after night of incredible live music to fans. Their North American tour is well underway with the band blowing away audiences at their Firefly set last weekend in Delaware. This week they play Columbus, Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis - tix available below. Photo by Mia Naome Photography Middle Kids have once more lent their talents to another Late Night US TV show, this time delivering a sparkling performance of “Stacking Chairs” for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series.  It joins previous performances like the uplifting album favorite “Questions” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! And CBS This Morning and playing the album’s title track on The Late Late Show With James Corden.  Due to popular demand, they gave an official release to their flawless cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s masterpiece “drivers license” which they originally did for Triple J’s Like A Version cover series.  "Questions" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! "Today We're The Greatest" on The Late Late Show with James Corden "Cellophane" on CBS This Morning MIDDLE KIDS  TODAY WE’RE THE GREATEST North American Tour 2021 September 18 - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT September 19 - Sinclair - Boston, MA September 20 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY September 22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC September 23 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA September 23-26 - Firefly Fest September 30 - A&R - Columbus, OH October 1 - Loving Touch - Detroit, MI October 2 - Metro - Chicago, IL October 3 - Fine Line Cafe - Minneapolis, MN October 7 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR October 9 - Crocodile - Seattle, WA October 11 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA - SELLING FAST October 13 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA - SOLD OUT October 14 - Pappy & Harriet’s - Pioneertown, CA - SELLING FAST October 18 -  Mohawk - Austin, TX  October 19 - Tuplis - Fort Worth, TX October 21 - Aisle 5 - Atlanta, GA - SELLING FAST October 22 - Exit/In - Nashville, TN   “Arena sized rock, masquerading as warm, thoughtful, 1980’s styled indie-rock”  - NEW YORK TIMES “a raging inferno of distorted guitars and orchestral brass. It’s a hell of a way to introduce an album” - STEREOGUM “Radiant, anthemic indie rock, balancing doubt ridden lyrics with clear eyed execution”  - PITCHFORK “How does a band get this good, this quickly?”  - BILLBOARD Recorded in Los Angeles in October 2019 with producer Lars Stalfors (St. Vincent, Soccer Mommy, Cold War Kids), Middle Kids (Hannah Joy, Tim Fitz and Harry Day) relished in exploring the space between smoldering intensity and an explosive vivacity that never burns out of control; from the brassy climax of “Questions” to the starkly confessional quality of “Some People Stay in Our Hearts Forever” and the insistent gallop of “R U 4 Me?.” They heard potential in unlikely places, as Fitz used a pair of scissors as a percussion instrument on “Summer Hill” and repurposed a recording of birds chirping in a rain shower that he captured at their old home in Sydney for “Golden Star.”   Album opener “Bad Neighbours,” a plaintive slow-burner, represents this shift in their sound, and one in their working dynamic as well: Joy has always been Middle Kids’ primary wordsmith, but Fitz wrote most of the lyrics for the melancholy tune, which was informed by a traumatic event from Joy’s childhood. “It was like he was giving me permission to go there, and he also [gave] actual speech to feeling, which I think was very profound for me,” she recalls.    “In Hannah’s songs there’s a real vulnerability and at times a volatility that came through in [Lost Friends],” says Day. “But I feel like it came through even more in this album.”   Given the massive changes Joy went through as she was working on Today We’re The Greatest, it’s easy to see -- and hear -- why. Beyond her baby’s heartbeat cameo on “Run With You,” Joy’s journey to motherhood and her marriage with Fitz has imbued her love songs with a vibrancy that’s unabashedly romantic yet free of clichés. “Stacking Chairs,” with its unique allegories and Joy’s sunny vocals, strikes this delicate balance beautifully: it’s a testament to her deep connection with Fitz and the new, “infinitesimal” love that transformed their lives with their son’s arrival.   “A few years ago, I would’ve been like, ‘I can’t write a love song!’ I think it’s because love was still too tinny, too shallow for me to actually understand where I was at personally,” she says. “‘Stacking Chairs’ is a great example of that: I’m understanding love more, and I’m still a tiny, stupid idiot. But I’m going, ‘That’s something worth fighting for, and something worth celebrating, too!’”. Today We’re The Greatest is the open, uninhibited product of fearless collaboration: these breakthroughs wouldn’t have occurred had Joy not pushed herself to plumb new, personal depths in her lyrics, or if Fitz and Day hadn’t completed them with their instrumental flourishes. From the first note to the closing title track, Middle Kids are building on the strong foundation of Lost Friends while exploring the possibilities and beautiful contradictions in every note.    “It can be easier to live dualistically” says Joy, “splitting the world in two. We want to be able say it’s this or it’s that, but sometimes it’s both -- and can we hold both? Can we hold the brokenness? Can we hold the beauty? That has definitely been a defining bit of this album, the fragility in that dance.” (Photo credit: Ellen Virgona) Track-list 1. Bad Neighbours 2. Cellophane (Brain) 3. R U 4 Me? 4. Questions 5. Lost in Los Angeles 6. Golden Star 7. Summer Hill 8. Some People Stay In Our Hearts Forever 9. Run With You 10. I Don't Care 11. Stacking Chairs 12. Today We’re The Greatest Middle Kids: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter