Artist	Song
Midlake	Mornings Will Be Kind
from Balloon Maker (2005)
Midlake	The Jungler (alternate Version)
from Balloon Maker (2005)

Comment:

Hailing from the Texan creative hub of Denton (a small town with a couple of colleges and a whole bunch of resident musicians), Midlake began life as a jazz-funk quintet in which current frontman/guitarist, Tim Smith, played sax. Things started to change, though, when Smith rebooted his record collection with a folk/indie-rockin' influx of classic albums (everything from Bjork and Radiohead to Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills & Nash), and a whole new set of directions started to open up. Debut studio album [i]Banman and Silvercork[/i] (2004) crosses the suspension bridge that links groovy folk to rustic electronica (check out "They Cannot Let It Expand"), follow-up (and breakthrough) [i]The Trials of Van Occupanther[/i] sets out its harmonious stall in a shady Southern Californian grove ("Branches"), and 2010's [i]The Courage of Others[/i] stirs some British folk seasoning (and a sprinkling of flute) into their already delicious pot ("Winter Dies" is a gently melancholic standout).

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