Midlake The Courage Of Others Revealed

Three years ago, Midlake released The Trials Of Van Occupanther, a sweetly harmonized, intimately rocking sophomore album that took them far away from their native Denton, TX, placing them on big tours and year-end lists and the like. This third album's taken time, by design. As they told Jessica in their Progress Report, "We didn't know exactly what we wanted, but we know we didn't want to make the same album as last time. We could have made 10 albums with the amount of time we've spent, but that doesn't mean they'd be saying anything great." Instead they committed to 40-hour work weeks in order to move away from the last record's "Fleetwood Mac-y America" with a shift toward, at least in part, "British folk scene of late '60s stuff." The set finally has a release date -- 2/2 via Bella Union in the States, and the day before in the UK -- and an official title in The Courage Of Others. That's its art above, here's a tracklist and the first few dates of a tour that will take the quintet well through 2010:

01 "Acts Of Man"
02 "Winter Dies"
03 "Small Mountain"
04 "Core Of Nature"
05 "Fortune"
06 "Rulers, Ruling All Things"
07 "Children Of The Grounds"
08 "Bring Down"
09 "The Horn"
10 "The Courage Of Others"
11 "In The Ground"

On tour:
01/05 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
01/06 Tallahassee, FL @ Engine Room
01/07 Orlando, FL @ The Social
01/08 St. Augustine, FL @ Cafe Eleven
01/09 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern
01/10 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
01/11 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
01/12 Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room
01/22 Newcastle, England @ The Cluny
01/23 Leicester, England @ The Musician
01/24 Cambridge, England @ Junction2
01/27 Norwich, England @ Arts Centre
01/28 London, England @ Tabernacle

Posted at 2:01 PM by amrit in Album Art, Tour Dates
Tags: Midlake

11 Comments

Super excited to hear the new material - although I can't help but worry that I'm going to feel slightly let down because I loved Van Occupanther SO MUCH.

Posted by: RyGuy at 10/27/09 2:39 PM  | Reply
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agreed - though if this is half as good as Van Occupanther, it will still be pretty damn good

Posted by: hellsbells53  in reply to RyGuy's comment at 10/27/09 2:57 PM  | Reply
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RyGuy - yeah I feel the same way. It would be very hard for them to match Van Occupanther, so my hope is that they just don't shit the bed like so many bands do after a great release.

Posted by: grayflannelsuit  in reply to RyGuy's comment at 10/29/09 11:21 AM  | Reply
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Well, it's about time!

Posted by: mtt_wojo at 10/27/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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Thrilled!

Posted by: biasedbulldog at 10/27/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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I'm having a hard time coping with so many awesome bands deciding they want to come to Louisiana. This makes me super happy.

Posted by: Ashton Melancon at 10/27/09 5:41 PM  | Reply
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well this is just fantastic news.

Posted by: polecat at 10/27/09 7:20 PM  | Reply
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FANTASTICO!

Posted by: SubSickAlien at 10/27/09 9:59 PM  | Reply
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i saw this article and the cover art was so cool i had to listen to something from them! listened to van occupanther and it ruled

Posted by: s0upStain at 10/27/09 10:14 PM  | Reply
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i like midlake, but god, their cover are horrible!!

Posted by: fred at 10/28/09 9:06 AM  | Reply
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Looking forward to the new album, but it's a little annoying that a band just an hour away from me isn't playing a show in Texas.

Posted by: Janes at 10/28/09 5:54 PM  | Reply
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