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| MIDLAKE ANNOUNCE LIVE AT ROUNDHOUSE RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE VINYL AND UNVEIL FIRST-EVER REPRESS OF 2013’S ANTIPHON ACCLAIMED TEXAS BAND ANNOUNCE CAREER-SPANNING DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM RECORDED LAST APRIL AT LONDON’S HISTORIC ROUNDHOUSE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE SUCH FAN FAVORITES AND GREATEST HITS AS “ROSCOE,” “THE OLD AND THE YOUNG,” “HEAD HOME” AND MORE LIVE AT ROUNDHOUSE ARRIVES ON TRANSLUCENT RED AND ORANGE 180-GRAM VINYL BEGINNING RECORD STORE DAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 22 LIMITED EDITION “COSMIC BURST” VINYL REPRESS OF ANTIPHON AVAILABLE NOW PRE-ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE NOW  |
| Midlake have announced their first-ever live album, Live At Roundhouse, a career-spanning double-LP recorded on stage last year at the historic Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London. Live At Roundhouse will be available on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 22, as a stunning matte-board double album printed on Translucent Red and Translucent Orange 180-gram vinyl, with expansive artwork by photographer Andy Little. Recorded April 6, 2022, Live At Roundhouse showcases material from across Midlake’s still-evolving body of work, from 2006’s wondrous The Trials of Van Occupanther through the dark psych-folk thickets of 2010’s The Courage of Others to 2013’s shape-shifting Antiphon and last year’s critically acclaimed fifth album, For The Sake Of Bethel Woods. Highlights of the long-overdue, 75+ minute retrospective include such fan favorites and greatest hits as “Roscoe,” “The Old and the Young,” “Head Home” and “Acts of Man,” the latter featuring special guest vocals from singer/songwriter Bess Atwell. “Since our early days, London has been like a second home,” says Midlake’s Eric Pulido. “We’ve been embraced so warmly all of these years and knew our show at the Roundhouse would serve as the perfect night to celebrate our 20-year relationship with our first live album.” In addition, Midlake has announced a long-overdue new vinyl edition of 2013’s exploratory Antiphon – its first repress since its original release. Hailed by The Guardian as an “impeccably realized meld of bucolic 70s folk and radio-friendly soft rock, as warm and assured as it is adventurous,” Antiphon will be offered as a very special “Cosmic Burst” Edition (black vinyl with red, green, and yellow splatter) limited to 1,000 copies and available in stores. Pre-orders are available now. PRE-ORDER ANTIPHON FIRST-EVER VINYL REPRESS Last year saw the arrival of Midlake’s acclaimed fifth studio album, For The Sake Of Bethel Woods, available now via ATO Records in the US and Bella Union in the UK. The album was accompanied by “Meanwhile In Texas,” a multi-part series of exclusive live sessions streaming now via YouTube. Filmed at Dallas, TX’s Modern Electric Sound Recorders by director Rett Rogers and co-director Barbara FG, the series includes captivating live renditions of such LP standouts as “Feast of Carrion,” “Bethel Woods,” “Meanwhile…,” and the incredibly powerful “Noble.” WATCH “MEANWHILE IN TEXAS” STREAM/PURCHASE FOR THE SAKE OF BETHEL WOODS Produced, engineered and mixed by GRAMMY® Award-winner John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, Sharon Van Etten) at Elmwood Recording Studio in Dallas, TX, For The Sake Of Bethel Woods marks Midlake’s fifth full-length release and first time recording with an outside producer. The result is an album of immersive warmth and mystery from a landmark band once feared lost by fans, but here revivified with freshness and constancy of intent. A desire to commune with the past and connect with the present, lived experience asserts itself throughout songs such as “Bethel Woods” – named of course for the site of 1969’s original 37-acre Woodstock festival field – and the sky-scraping space-rock of “Exile.” That same resonant spirit is further embodied by the instantly memorable cover art, designed by pro skateboarder/filmmaker/visual artist Brian Lotti and featuring a striking photo of keyboardist/flautist Jesse Chandler’s father, who tragically passed away in 2018. Midlake is: Eric Pulido, Eric Nichelson, McKenzie Smith, Jesse Chandler and Joey McClellan. # # # PRAISE FOR MIDLAKE AND FOR THE SAKE OF BETHEL WOODS “Layered, sophisticated and melodic.”– MOJO (****) “An enthralling slow-seep jewel of an album that sees Midlake stretching out from their folk-rock and AOR heartland while displaying a sharper clarity than on any album since 2006’s ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’…The quintet find strength in songs that explore the notion of reconnecting past and present and reference their own dissolution and rebirth.”– GUITAR.COM “Between the concepts and soundscape, there is plenty to chew on. The professionalism and classy production (by John Congleton) create Midlake’s sense of camaraderie, mystery, and imagination. It’s an impressive return for a band many assumed might not reappear.”– AMERICAN SONGWRITER “Another gorgeous long-player, uniquely Midlake in their signature, highly orchestrated mix of ’70s soft rock, prog, spacerock, komische and folk…This is Midlake’s best since 2006’s ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’ and in some ways, it’s better. They keep the mossy earthtones and fondness for vintage synths, mellotrons, flutes and lush vocal harmonies, but mostly jettison the lyrical preoccupations with the lives of people in 1891, for the here and now and personal. ‘For the Sake of Bethel Woods’ doesn’t feel like a history lesson, it feels like a homecoming.”– BROOKLYN VEGAN “Texan folk-rockers return in leaner, more dynamic form…’For The Sake Of Bethel Woods’ secures Midlake’s future, running on a newly energized course.”– UNCUT (7/10) “A deeply dynamic record and one that has the broadest scope of influences of any Midlake album to date.”– THE GUARDIAN “An album of great ambition with eleven expansive and shifting arrangements.”– THE QUIETUS “Midlake have pared back the layered instrumentation of previous albums and in doing so, have found a different kind of voice (and Eric Pulido’s actual voice has never sounded better). A moving poeticism dances through the work…There is a real artfulness here, from the baroque pop and sublime harmonies…”– THE IRISH TIMES (****) “The folk rock romantics are back on form…Midlake return with a rich, involving album that reveals its charms in an unforced, unhurried fashion.”– THE TIMES (****) “Combining folk, psych rock and jazz, the album is one stunner after another…A noble undertaking and hopefully something that will draw us back to the time of shared purpose and mutual concern.”– NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS # # # MIDLAKE LIVE AT ROUNDHOUSE (ATO Records) Release Day: April 22, 2023 |
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| Live at Roundhouse // Antiphon Repress |
| Tracklist: Commune Bethel Woods Glistening We Gathered In Spring Young Bride Acts of Man (Feat. Bess Atwell) Children of the Grounds Antiphon Aurora Gone Meanwhile… Feast of Carrion Noble Roscoe The Old and The Young Head Home CONNECT WITH MIDLAKE: MIDLAKEBAND.COM | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY |
