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SINGLE PREMIERE: COG - 'The Middle'

'Seems like only yesterday/We were starting out'

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After months of speculation, Aussie rock stalwarts COG have finally dropped The Middle​; the band's first new music in over a decade, which is premiering right here on theMusic.com.au​ today.

The track is, simply put, classic C​OG. A slow burner that lures the listener in with delicate, finger-plucked guitar before tearing it all down in favour of crunching guitars and urgent percussion.


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Recorded in the band’s own Studio 101 and engineered by Forreser Savell (Karnivool, Shihad) it’s the first new track we’ve gotten from the band since 2008 album Sharing Space​, while the band are already teasing that the cut could be part of something much larger.

To celebrate the release of The Middle the band is hitting the road for a national tour in early February.

Tickets to COG’s national tour are on sale now; for more information, head to theGuide.

​Click here for your chance to win a $100 Bondi Tony's voucher & two t-shirts in celebration of cog's new single

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