Malcolm Middleton pre-christmas dates

Loveable curmudgeon Malcolm Middleton – now as traditional as Santa Claus at Create Spark during the festive period – has announced some new live dates and info about his forthcoming new album in 2009.

Malcolm's fifth album has a current working title of "The Day Is Shit, There Is Nothing Around The Corner And I've Nothing New Or Of Worth To Say About Any Of It" and is looking likely to reach us by Spring 2009 through Full Time Hobby.

Full live dates are as follows:

11 Dec 2008 St Giles Church (supporting James Yorkston), London
19 Dec 2008 'Burst Noel' Xmas Show @ Fairfield Working Men's Club, Govan, Glasgow with De Rosa, Phantom Planet and dj set from Aiden Moffat
21 Dec 2008 "9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People" @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

Going back to this time last year and Malcolm's eventful Xmas single race, we thought it was about time we checked in with the man himself to find out a bit more info about his impending new record. Here's what Malcolm had to say:

"I'm currently working on my 5th album, working title "The Day Is Shit, There Is Nothing Around The Corner And I've Nothing New Or Of Worth To Say About Any Of It". I doubt that'll be the final title though, as it's stupid, negative, whiny, and histrionic. I'm sure I can sink much lower.

"While everything's going well, there have been a few moments of wondering if I'm still writing songs and making music for the right reasons. In the past it was usually to do with comfort, boredom and needing to share something. This year I haven't felt very expressive and when I do pick up a pen I usually start spitting, swearing and editing myself after one line and then give up. I don't like the sound of my inner voice at present and I don't know how to change this. One half of me wants to blow-up my pigeon hole and escape, while the other half is comfy and thinks that it's where it belongs. Part of me wants to do a full-blown pompous megapop album, while Mr. Hyde-Middleton just wants to sit down with an acoustic guitar for 30 minutes and have a quiet, tuneful rant about the usual shit.