''Bananas'' is the tenth studio album by

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singer-songwriter

Malcolm Middleton Malcolm Bruce Middleton (born 31 December 1973) is a Scottish musician and member of indie band Arab Strap. He has also released seven solo studio albums and three albums performing under the pseudonym Human Don't Be Angry. Early life Middlet ...

, and the seventh under his own name. It was released on 28 September 2018 on Triassic Tusk Records.

Cover and title

In an interview with For The Rabbits, an alternative music website, Middleton suggests that the title is "a stupid fucking name for an album" and dismisses any suggestion that it may be a nod to

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's debut album: " e last few years I've started sketching, I mean I can't draw to save my life, but I started doing it and I was really bad but I found a lot of pleasure in doing it and the first thing I drew was these bananas".

Background and Recording

Bananas represented a return to a more simple recording, and marked a clear departure from the sound of Middleton's previous record, Summer of '13. Speaking of the recording of the songs, Middleton said that "most of the songs on this record were written in two different days … feeling a certain way, feeling like shit and just mental things, that’s when words tend to come out for me. I don’t normally sit and write when I’m really happy”.

Tour

Middleton toured the album as part of the Malcolm Goes Bananas winter tour in November and December 2018, and included gigs in the

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Track listing

All tracks written by Malcolm Middleton. #"Gut Feeling" – 5:30 #"Love Is A Momentary Lapse In Self-Loathing" – 5:16 #"What A Life" – 2:11 #"

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Helmet" – 8:09 #"Twilight Zone" – 5:11 #"That Voice Again" – 4:14 #"Man Up, Man Down" – 5:58 #"Salamander Gray" – 5:21

Personnel

– vocals, guitars *David Jeans – drums *Stevie Jones – double piano *Graeme Smillie - piano, synths, bass guitar *Kenny Anderson, Jenny Reeve, Dan Wilson - backing vocals *Paul Savage - additional drums

References

External links

Interview with Malcolm discussing the album
{{Authority control 2018 albums Full Time Hobby albums Malcolm Middleton albums