Midlake‘s three-year hiatus has been somewhat intentional, since the band, according to a recent statement, was very concerned with making a follow-up to 2006′s The Trials of Van Occupanther that “carried on moving and creating and pushing for a newer sound and emotion.”
Keeping that in mind, Bella Union, who will release the new album just in time for Groundhog Day, has said that The Courage of Others will contain less soft-rock and more of a “definitely British, trad-tainted folk sound.”
The band has already released a full tracklisting (below) and the album’s art (above), and have several show dates planned for the new year, just before the album’s release.
The Courage of Others is out February 2.
Courage:
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
Dates:
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
