Almost a year to the day from the release of their debut EP, Cardiff-based quintet Midding return on 6th February with a new five song collection entitled.44, an oblique reference to Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and his connection to The Process Church of the Final Judgment cult. The Process Church carries a damaged reputation (in part by association), but in it’s infancy it’s spiritual radicalism, aesthetic manipulations and commitment to a burgeoning counterculture make good source material for future inspirations. Like Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Skinny Puppy before them, Midding understand there’s equal fascination to be found in their dark as the light.Made between Rat Trap Studios and Fairoak, their own home-built recording set-up, these new songs represent the first time they’ve set live drums to record. The results are marked, shifting from the linear pulse of that first EP to something more dynamic and agile. A bedroom proje