Midlake is (from left) Paul Alexander, McKenzie Smith, Eric Nichelson, Tim Smith, and Eric Pulido. The group has a new album, titled “Courage of Others.’’
G FORCE | MCKENZIE SMITH OF MIDLAKE
Finding their (new) sound
Midlake is (from left) Paul Alexander, McKenzie Smith, Eric Nichelson, Tim Smith, and Eric Pulido. The group has a new album, titled “Courage of Others.’’
Midlake began life as a jazz-funk combo and slowly morphed into a pastoral folk-rock outfit, just as the indie pendulum was swinging from noisy punk squalling to melancholic, lo-fi harmonies. The Texas quintet’s breakthrough second album, “The Trials of Van Occupanther’’ (2006), was a quiet triumph of California-kissed folk pop. Four years later the band returns with the equally beguiling ... (Full article: 499 words)
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