{"id":24202,"date":"2024-02-02T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24202"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:12:12","slug":"middlenight-men-issue-2-set-for-april-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24202","title":{"rendered":"Middlenight Men &#8211; &#8216;Issue #2&#8217; set for April release."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Middlenight Men announce new album \u2018Issue #2\u2019 to be released April 12<sup>th<\/sup> via Middlenight Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pre-order the album <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/themiddlenightmen.bandcamp.com\/album\/issue-2\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Album launch show confirmed May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at the London Camden Underworld \u2013 Tickets <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dice.fm\/event\/vnnpl-the-middlenight-men-3rd-may-the-underworld-london-tickets\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Middlenight Men Theme - The Middlenight Men\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2CS3-A-qZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although The Middlenight Men first came to life in 2019, singer and guitarist Nick Hughes has a long and rich history in music. Having attended Bretton Hall College in 2000 to study music, he formed a bond with drummer Leon Cave (who went on to join Status Quo as their full-time drummer in 2013), and the pair went on to play in many bands together throughout the early 2000s, before going their separate ways only for Nick to rejoin Leon in the band Crane Brothers in 2007. There has rarely been a break in twenty years where these two haven\u2019t been in a project together since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick then met producer Andy Brook (who has produced, engineered, and toured with the like of Status Quo, Ginger Wildheart, Wonk Unit, Role Models and Hayseed Dixie etc) upon joining the soho based power pop band The Role Models in 2015 and quickly a friendship was formed. Collaborations with the Danny McCormack led-UK rockers The Yo-Yos and Terrorvision (Nick has been a full-time touring member for the last eight years) soon followed, but after years of being told to write his own album, Nick finally found the inspiration when out on a South American tour with Duncan Reid and the Bigheads (featuring Duncan \u2018Kid\u2019 Reid of \u201977 power-pop band The Boys). During a three-day stint in Buenos Aires, with no ability to speak the language, Nick found himself being driven to parties in the middle of nowhere and struggling to find his way from gig to gig. Out of this experience came The Middlenight Men\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Middlenight Men album \u2018Issue #1\u2019 was recorded with Leon and Andy at the end of 2019 and arrived in 2021, making an instant impression with its huge pop-rock licks and infectious melodies. Fast forward a global pandemic, and the last two years and The Middlenight Men are set to return with \u2018Issue #2\u2019, a second batch of songs with a heavyweight backbone, gelled perfectly with Nick\u2019s unmistakable pop sensibilities. It features Leon Cave on drums once again and was produced largely by renowned producer Jason Perry, formally of Brit-rockers A.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today we get to hear the first taste of \u2018Issue #2\u2019 in new single \u2018The Middlenight Men Theme\u2019, an irresistible song with an accompanying video that sees the band take a nostalgic look back at life in the 1990s, dreaming of starting a band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Middlenight Men is somewhat of a cartoon band, and doesn\u2019t every cartoon need a kickass theme tune? I\u2019d always loved classic tv tunes accompanying animated series or old school 80s super-hero movies that had a bit of a rock edge,\u201d explains Nick. \u201cEven \u201cthe red car and the blue car had a race\u201d from the milky way ads made a music appearance in one of our Issue 2 songs and then you looked at things like bananaman and turtles. It all [fucking] grooves. Plus, if they ever get picked up for sync, I\u2019m one step closer to the guitar shaped swimming pool, huh? So, I decided I had to write my own. It just seems to be an apt song to say \u201cHEY, We\u2019re back, and we\u2019re coming for you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3-1140x1612.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Middlenight-Men-Camden-Underworld-May-3.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Why The Middlenight Men? The Middlenight Men not only represents the thoughts that invade our dreams in the night, but it also signifies the philosophy of the band and all its collaborators. The band is greater than the sum of its parts. It\u2019s the Marvel Avengers of the rock and roll world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Issue #2\u2019 is released April 12<sup>th<\/sup> via Middlenight Records and available to pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/themiddlenightmen.bandcamp.com\/album\/issue-2\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Album launch gig confirmed for May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at the Camden Underworld in London. Tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/dice.fm\/event\/vnnpl-the-middlenight-men-3rd-may-the-underworld-london-tickets\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middlenight Men announce new album \u2018Issue #2\u2019 to be released April 12th via Middlenight Records Pre-order the album HERE: Album launch show confirmed May 3rd at the London Camden Underworld \u2013 Tickets HERE:\u00a0 Although The Middlenight Men first came to life in 2019, singer and guitarist Nick Hughes has a long and rich history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1710,7039],"class_list":["post-24202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rpm-online","tag-the-middlenight-men"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24206,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24202\/revisions\/24206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}