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Listen to this track by indie-folk storytellers from Denton, Texas, Midlake. It’s “Bandits”, the second cut off of their 2006 sophomore release The Trials of Van Occupanther. As a progression from their 2004 debut Bamnan and Silvercork, the band double down on their influences that range from Sixties British folk-rock scenes, the singer-songwriters of Laurel Canyon, and the expansive art rock of contemporaries Grandaddy. Even a whiff of Jethro Tull’s pastoral prog gets a look-in. The concoction makes for a heady mix of rural energy and deep melancholy that is perhaps an unexpected direction for a bunch of jazz students from The University of North Texas College of Music to take.

Their jazz roots aren’t very audible in this song, although their ability to fashion an edge of twilight golden hour mood by way of a lush and layered arrangement certainly is. This song balances that instrumental mood with lyrical storytelling that suggests a folk tale in the broadest sense of that term. “Bandits” is rife with rural imagery, presented against a cinematic musical backdrop. On the surface, the intricacies and issues of the modern world sound as far away from what we’re hearing as it’s possible to be. Yet as in any enduring folk tale, they’re closer than one might assume.

On this tune, singer and main songwriter Tim Smith’s voice suggests a sleepier Tim Buckley as he sings the story of a trip away from home one day with a partner, only to return to find their home has been ransacked by bandits. His subdued lead vocal is wrapped in a dance between piano and acoustic guitar with Richard Thompson-like electric guitar interjections that provide striking contrast. It’s all set to a waltz-like pulse that only accentuates how dreamlike and downright restful this song is, despite it opening with a robbery. The band reference classic textures while moving beyond them with a quality that this song could have been written in any era in the last 50 years.

This sense of timelessness has as much to do with the story as it does with the music, suggesting socially resonant themes. It begins with a provoking question: Did you ever want to be overrun by bandits/To hand over all of your things and start over new? The song’s narrator responds to the events of being cleaned-out by bandits as a chance at transformation and personal revision rather than the cause of trauma.

In real life, one would have to consult with someone who’s had that experience directly to judge how viable that would be. But there’s more to discover here beyond idealized, hippyish detachment from worldly goods. The song suggests instead that the motivations and events people encounter from day to day are almost always more complex and connected to unknown quantities than we usually think they are.

Midlake in 2006. image: Jason Upshaw

One of the forces at work underneath the events in this song is the universal nature of human desperation in the face of how uncertain and unpredictable life so often is. Overwhelming forces that range from hunger to greed drive people to do desperate things at the expense of others in light of this. Not even the morality of this is always straightforward, with motivations never excusing the bad effects that desperate actions sometimes cause in the lives of others.

But neither are these human behaviours a one-way street. People take important things away from us even as we have also taken them away from others. All of this is often in a bid to protect ourselves. Humanity is trapped inside this perpetual motion machine as the cycle continues. In this, “Bandits” suggests that human desperation in its many, many forms is the common source of our misery, and the real villain of the story.

The song asks another provocative question: what if we set aside our own uncertainty and gave shelter to people, even the ones who have wronged us? Even this is murky moral territory of course. The nature of forgiveness, redemption, and reconciliation as they play out in real life are too nuanced and dependent on context to be so neatly defined or judged in a universal way. These are powerful forces that churn in the lower cauldrons of the human experience. As such, they are also serious matters and not to be undertaken lightly or reflexively.

But that’s where the folk tale form of storytelling plays into things so well in “Bandits”. This is a story in which forgiveness and reconciliation are at least possible because of how it plays out between its characters; the victims of a robbery, and the bandits who robbed them as they themselves become victims and find themselves in need of shelter and respite which those original victims provide. What comes next in the story is not a moral imperative. It’s just what ends up happening based on who the characters are and the decisions they make. The story gives shape to what that choice might look like.

This is the beauty of the form that Midlake uses to present this song to listeners. Folk tales like this are not meant to be digested like a set of moral instructions. Instead, they serve to help visualize how the world can be, not necessarily what it is in present times or to dictate how it should be.

Stories like this, whether written, told, or sung about, are reminders that sometimes having a vision for something better than what we have can help to illuminate a path to greater understanding. They connect us to what’s common to all humans; what we need to thrive, and what we need to eliminate that keep us from thriving – that keep us in a state of desperation. And that really is a source of transformation that opens up a world of possibilities.

After their third album, 2010’s The Courage of Others, Tim Smith departed from Midlake to pursue his own projects under the name Harp. You can learn more about that project and hear the songs at harpband.com.

Midlake are a going concern today. Check out their site at midlakeband.com for news and new music.

Enjoy!

#2000sMusic #folkRock #Midlake #PastoralMusic

#pastoralmusic #midlake #folkrock #2000smusic

Jen @[email protected] · 2026-03-03 · 06:02 UTC

BNQT · Restart BNQT (un diminutif de "Banquet") est un méga "supergroupe" composé de Fran Healy (Travis), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Eric Pulido (Midlake), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) et Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). #2017 #bnqt #FranzFerdinand #grandaddy #midlake
https://www.aaadmusique.fr/bnqt-%c2%b7-restart/

#bnqt #franzferdinand #grandaddy #midlake

Jen @[email protected] · 2026-03-03 · 06:02 UTC

BNQT · Restart BNQT (un diminutif de "Banquet") est un méga "supergroupe" composé de Fran Healy (Travis), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Eric Pulido (Midlake), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) et Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). #2017 #bnqt #FranzFerdinand #grandaddy #midlake
https://www.aaadmusique.fr/bnqt-%c2%b7-restart/

#bnqt #franzferdinand #grandaddy #midlake

Jen @[email protected] · 2026-03-03 · 06:02 UTC

BNQT · Restart BNQT (un diminutif de "Banquet") est un méga "supergroupe" composé de Fran Healy (Travis), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Eric Pulido (Midlake), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) et Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). #2017 #bnqt #FranzFerdinand #grandaddy #midlake
https://www.aaadmusique.fr/bnqt-%c2%b7-restart/

#bnqt #franzferdinand #grandaddy #midlake

Jen @[email protected] · 2026-03-03 · 06:02 UTC

BNQT · Restart BNQT (un diminutif de "Banquet") est un méga "supergroupe" composé de Fran Healy (Travis), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Eric Pulido (Midlake), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) et Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). #2017 #bnqt #FranzFerdinand #grandaddy #midlake
https://www.aaadmusique.fr/bnqt-%c2%b7-restart/

#midlake #grandaddy #franzferdinand #bnqt

Albums Albums Albums @[email protected] · 2025-12-31 · 10:05 UTC

Midlake - For The Sake of Bethel Woods - 2022
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#Midlake #ForTheSakeOfBethelWoods

#forthesakeofbethelwoods #midlake #nowlistening #nowplaying #albumsuggestions #music

Albums Albums Albums @[email protected] · 2025-12-31 · 10:05 UTC

Midlake - For The Sake of Bethel Woods - 2022
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#Midlake #ForTheSakeOfBethelWoods

#forthesakeofbethelwoods #midlake #nowlistening #nowplaying #albumsuggestions #music

Albums Albums Albums @albums · 2025-12-31 · 10:05 UTC

Midlake - For The Sake of Bethel Woods - 2022
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#Midlake #ForTheSakeOfBethelWoods

#forthesakeofbethelwoods #midlake #nowlistening #nowplaying #albumsuggestions #music

Jan R. Boehnke @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 18:07 UTC

Yes. There is an expectation that bands straddle the gap btw giving the fan base what they know and want, but also offering something new and developing their sounds, concepts,...

But I am glad that the two most recent albums of #Midlake and #Midlife continue to do what their previous music did:
it mixes very well for me.
#Mixtape

Both very nice:

Midlake, A bridge too far
https://midlakeband.bandcamp.com/album/a-bridge-to-far

Midlife, Chorus (OK, yes, from 2024)
https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/album/chorus

#FolkRock #Folk #Psychedelia #Jazz

#midlake #midlife #mixtape #folkrock #folk #psychedelia

Jan R. Boehnke @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 18:07 UTC

Yes. There is an expectation that bands straddle the gap btw giving the fan base what they know and want, but also offering something new and developing their sounds, concepts,...

But I am glad that the two most recent albums of #Midlake and #Midlife continue to do what their previous music did:
it mixes very well for me.
#Mixtape

Both very nice:

Midlake, A bridge too far
https://midlakeband.bandcamp.com/album/a-bridge-to-far

Midlife, Chorus (OK, yes, from 2024)
https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/album/chorus

#FolkRock #Folk #Psychedelia #Jazz

#midlake #midlife #mixtape #folkrock #folk #psychedelia

Jan R. Boehnke @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 18:07 UTC

Yes. There is an expectation that bands straddle the gap btw giving the fan base what they know and want, but also offering something new and developing their sounds, concepts,...

But I am glad that the two most recent albums of #Midlake and #Midlife continue to do what their previous music did:
it mixes very well for me.
#Mixtape

Both very nice:

Midlake, A bridge too far
https://midlakeband.bandcamp.com/album/a-bridge-to-far

Midlife, Chorus (OK, yes, from 2024)
https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/album/chorus

#FolkRock #Folk #Psychedelia #Jazz

#midlake #midlife #mixtape #folkrock #folk #psychedelia

Jan R. Boehnke @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 18:07 UTC

Yes. There is an expectation that bands straddle the gap btw giving the fan base what they know and want, but also offering something new and developing their sounds, concepts,...

But I am glad that the two most recent albums of #Midlake and #Midlife continue to do what their previous music did:
it mixes very well for me.
#Mixtape

Both very nice:

Midlake, A bridge too far
https://midlakeband.bandcamp.com/album/a-bridge-to-far

Midlife, Chorus (OK, yes, from 2024)
https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/album/chorus

#FolkRock #Folk #Psychedelia #Jazz

#jazz #psychedelia #folk #folkrock #mixtape #midlife

Jan R. Boehnke @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 18:07 UTC

Yes. There is an expectation that bands straddle the gap btw giving the fan base what they know and want, but also offering something new and developing their sounds, concepts,...

But I am glad that the two most recent albums of #Midlake and #Midlife continue to do what their previous music did:
it mixes very well for me.
#Mixtape

Both very nice:

Midlake, A bridge too far
https://midlakeband.bandcamp.com/album/a-bridge-to-far

Midlife, Chorus (OK, yes, from 2024)
https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/album/chorus

#FolkRock #Folk #Psychedelia #Jazz

#midlake #midlife #mixtape #folkrock #folk #psychedelia

Tandem With The Random @[email protected] · 2025-12-18 · 05:25 UTC

My Favorite Albums of 2025*

Well, if anyone cares, here is a list of my favorite albums of 2025. I don’t like the “best of” terminology because I acknowledge I’ve missed a lot of great stuff. Also, I didn’t stick to a “top 10” — there are actually 14 entries below. But these are the releases I enjoyed the most during the past 12 months.

*I am going to start off with two honorable mentions because one came out in late 2024 and the other is actually an EP

Chaos Into Poetry – Polaroid Fade

I am a huge fan of 1990s jangle/dream-pop band, The Sundays, who were one of the hottest alternative acts around before suddenly calling it quits in 1997. Well, during the first half of 2025, WXPN in Philadelphia began playing a song called “Bliss” by Polaroid Fade. And, man, did that song fill The Sundays-sized hole in my music-loving heart. For about three years, Polaroid Fade, it seems, has been a rotating cast of musicians backing Vineland, N.J., teen vocalist Nicoletta Giuliani. Their full-length debut, Chaos Into Poetry, was actually released in November 2024, but I had to put it on this list because a) I didn’t get to it until 2025, and b) it consumed much of my music-listening time throughout May and June, especially. Here are “Bliss” and “Cotton Candy Skies” from Chaos Into Poetry by Polaroid Fade.

https://youtu.be/mCLfVZp3nrk?si=QM2ZGX8299L4Jufa

https://youtu.be/VBVtvz-NJAA?si=dS34BDrIs0nK3QDJ

Audio Vertigo ECHO – Elbow (EP)

Audio Vertigo ECHO – Elbow

OK, Elbow’s Audio Vertigo ECHO isn’t an album…it’s an EP. But it’s a GREAT EP! Building on the groove/vibe-heavy sound of 2024’s Audio Vertigo album, Elbow released these five additional songs that are a really fun listen. The fifth track, “Sober,” was my favorite song of 2025 so ECHO definitely deserves a spot here, in my opinion. And my opinion is all that counts for this list. Also, I FINALLY was able to see Elbow live for the first time ever back in September, and it exceeded even my lofty expectations. They are amazing.

https://youtu.be/jlU_xsV9k7E?si=QK5sDFqg5I2l-jzP

The Great Western Road – Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue is a band I keep forgetting about, but always get drawn into a rabbit hole of great music when I remember them. I first became familiar with the band in 1993 when the much-missed WHTG in Eatontown, N.J., played their song “Your Town” quite a bit. That track had an interesting folk-rock vibe with an industrial edge that really ticked a lot of boxes with me. But the Scottish band started out in the 1980s as more of a straight-up pop band with some folk touches. In fact, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, the album that spawned “Your Town,” was an experiment into a more alternative sound that wasn’t well-received. The band had a successful UK tour the following year, but broke up later in 1994. Five years later, Deacon Blue staged a reunion show that led to a continuation of the band. Fast forward to June 2025 and I, again, have forgotten about the band Deacon Blue. However, I see news come across my feed that Deacon Blue founding member and keyboardist James Prime has died from cancer. In reading the news, I learn that before he passed, Prime recorded parts for a Deacon Blue album released earlier in the year called The Great Western Road. I check it out and it is phenomenal! It is such a throwback to great 80s pop. Nostalgia oozes throughout the album’s lead single, “Late ’88,” and throughout most of the album.

https://youtu.be/MglYSpa_1Lg?si=O7PaqakizRE_fhsL

Minor Birds – Negative Players

When fascist billionaire con artist Elon Musk bought and ruined Twitter in 2022, I started a Mastodon account and joined the fediverse. From 2022-2024, there was an online radio station that played only independent artists with a presence in the fediverse called Radio Free Fedi. RFF played my music a lot and the title track of my 2021 album, Looking for the Light, caught the attention of the fediverse-focused online publication We Distribute, which included it on its “canned nostalgia” mixtape of RFF artists. Anyway, I discovered so many independent artists in the fediverse thanks to RFF. Michigan-based Negative Players is one such act. The band describes itself as “a theoretically fantastic two-piece indie/alternative rock band from Southwest Michigan combining melody and noisy aggression to spin some tasty tunes of sadness and nostalgia.” Here is “I’m a Creep, Not a Monster” from Minor Birds.

https://youtu.be/hXFp4dmxT4c?si=0zoazDggrsNZ1rpy

Play Both Sides – Fragile Creatures

Fragile Creatures is a UK-based band that I discovered in the final days of Radio Free Fedi. I heard “Don’t Know What to Do” on RFF and it immediately caught my attention, so I went to their Bandcamp page to hear more. Yeah, this is a band that ticks a lot of boxes for me. Here is the song that turned me into a fan.

https://youtu.be/A687XqJBXh4?si=DguKBm9Ul3IHaax9

The Life of a Showgirl – Taylor Swift

So…we go from two indie artists in the fediverse…to the biggest pop star in the universe, Taylor Swift, and her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl. Yes, this is a drop-off from Folklore, Evermore and Midnights, but I enjoy this album more than The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD was OK, but even the standard release was too much…and then Swift released additional songs hours after the initial release…ugh). TLOAS is a just fun, tight pop album. That’s what Swift wanted to create and that’s what she gave us. And even in doing that, she threw some curveballs like the lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia.” Most, if not all, pop songs are based on sections of four-bar patterns. But this song, especially the verses, is built mostly on the use of a five-bar pattern. It catches the ear’s attention and its somewhat unsettling nature draws you deeper into the song.

https://youtu.be/ko70cExuzZM?si=7947Wa8yvConkCMD

Face Down in the Garden – Tennis

I discovered Tennis — a duo consisting of married couple, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley — through SiriusXM around 2011 and became a huge fan of theirs. Sadly, I never had the chance to see them live, and upon releasing their 2025 album, Face Down in the Garden, they also announced it would be their last as Tennis. The grind just became too much, punctuated by a series of mishaps during and after their 2023 tour that included “an attempted robbery at sea.” They did go on tour in 2025, but I wasn’t able to make it to their Philly show. Alaina and Patrick are still together as a couple and say they will pursue other creative opportunities. It sounds like the door isn’t completely closed to a return to music, but it won’t be as Tennis. Face Down in the Garden serves as a fantastic musical farewell from the duo, and their swan song was one of my favorite albums of 2025.

https://youtu.be/9KSFlAURDQA?si=4GW0fBqAcgM4fChw

Young Love – Boo Boos

Boo Boos are a side project of EELS frontman Mark “E” Everett and Kate Mattison of 79.5, a Brooklyn-based band I saw open for Young Gun Silver Fox in February 2024 and instantly liked a lot. E and Kate even developed a backstory and new pseudonyms for the project — Bronco Boo and Katie Boo. The album has a fantastic retro vibe and you can tell both E and Mattison had fun doing something so different from their respective regular music projects. “Total Thunder” is a great introduction to Young Love.

https://youtu.be/8zvdMG3szmE?si=GCtn6ll3pQ9ecKkv

Hard Headed Woman – Margo Price

I have been a big Margo Price fan since “Hands of Time” from her 2016 album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, started getting a ton of airplay on WXPN in Philadelphia. Since then, she has become a favorite of WXPN and of mine. She is the biggest badass in country music right now and when she performed “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down” on what, at one point, appeared to be the final episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 16, Price fittingly replaced the lyric “Keep the haters underground” to “Keep all them fascists underground.” Don’t let the bastards — and the fascists — get you down, indeed!

https://youtu.be/uyhzsMWC4sw?si=68BXc58KoqE2PyYE

A Still Life Revisited – The Tisburys

The Tisburys became my favorite Philly band going right now in 2025. Saw them twice live this year, and I have been following and interacting with frontman Tyler Asay on social media for a couple of years now. The band is just super-fun and their 2025 album, A Still Life Revisited, is fantastic. And the obsession with Margate, N.J.’s Lucy the Elephant does not hurt! Here is “Forever” from A Still Life Revisited.

https://youtu.be/2ILypjGH9lQ?si=_e0bQgYvD6nXLhDf

Humanhood – The Weather Station

Toronto-based Tamara Lindeman, a former child actor, has been releasing indie folk/rock-pop music as The Weather Station since 2006. But, in late 2020, TWS released the single “Robber” from their upcoming album, Ignorance, released in February 2021. WXPN began playing “Robber” right away and I immediately picked up the Talk Talk/Mark Hollis vibes of the track. Lindeman said in multiple articles about the album that she was indeed channeling Hollis during the making of the record, which was a stark departure from earlier TWS releases (which I also wound up enjoying). But “Robber” became my favorite song for 2021, with Ignorance being my favorite album that year. I’ve seen The Weather Station live twice since then, and Tamara and Co. are amazing in person. Their latest album, Humanhood, is another stellar effort punctuated by great tracks like “Neon Signs” below.

https://youtu.be/GMbii8lEjII?si=mKSt35DjUQRH2040

A Bridge To Far – Midlake

Yes, the “to” in the title of Midlake’s latest masterpiece is spelled like that. They say there is a reason for it. I don’t get it, but the album — as usual — is amazing. I’ve been a huge fan of Midlake since their epic The Trials of Van Occupanther was released in 2006. A Bridge To Far kind of came as a surprise. It was either late 2024 or maybe even earlier this year, when the band started teasing new music with photos and short videos shot in the studio. I figured a new album wouldn’t come until 2026. But the fantastic A Bridge To Far wound up being released in early November, with three singles preceding it, including “Days Gone By” below. If you watched Ted Lasso and caught the sixth episode of the third season (“Sunflowers”) when the team goes to Amsterdam and has a series of adventures and misadventures, there is that scene where the team sings “Three Little Birds” on the bus at the end of the episode. The camera pans up the aisle toward the front of the bus and the character Trent Crimm (played by James Lance) is wearing a Midlake shirt. Turns out, Lance is a big Midlake fan and is featured in this beautiful video for “Days Gone By” shot in the early morning in a still-waking-up New York City.

https://youtu.be/L9CVSIlPsKQ?si=aue4TwDrcKoP_0iQ

Pleasure – Young Gun Silver Fox

I have been a fan of the duo of Andy Platts and Shawn Lee — Young Gun Silver Fox — for over a decade now, ever since WXPN in Philadelphia gave their debut single, “You Can Feel It,” a ton of airplay. They wear their 1970s “yacht rock” influences on their sleeves and they really bring “the smooth.” But they can also rock and groove, as they do on Pleasure‘s lead single and standout track, “Stevie & Sly,” one of my favorite tracks of 2025.

https://youtu.be/Op6OWa_bCLM?si=bA9dk95jPP0Znxls

The Art of Loving – Olivia Dean

By far, my favorite album of 2025 was by an artist I wasn’t really familiar with until late September, Olivia Dean. Dean’s fantastic The Art of Loving is an exquisite collection of well-crafted and soulful pop songs, with some interesting musical adventures along the way. A clip of Dean’s appearance on Later…With Jools Holland wound up in one of my feeds, and it was so good I had to find out more. I was obsessed with this album for most of October and I still find myself revisiting it. Here are videos of Dean’s performances of two singles from the album, “Man I Need” and “Nice to Each Other.”

https://youtu.be/aaLtmluxXDQ?si=JTNJlWbRCPXUEazq

https://youtu.be/6614bTSLgbE

#BooBoos #DeaconBlue #Elbow #featured #FragileCreatures #MargoPrice #Midlake #Music #NegativePlayers #OliviaDean #PolaroidFade #TaylorSwift #Tennis #TheTisburys #TheWeatherStation

#theweatherstation #thetisburys #tennis #taylorswift #polaroidfade #oliviadean

The Vinyl Ape 🦧 @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 06:49 UTC

MIDLAKE
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
2022 UK reissue
Gold vinyl

A long (but fun) day of Christmas shopping ends with an undeniable musical masterpiece.

This is an astonishing album on every level; a living, breathing, melancholic work of art that, somehow, is still underrated.

I’d put this against ANY of the great, breathtaking albums of the 2000s. It would stand toe to toe with ANY of them.

“Roscoe” is one of the great opening tracks of any album EVER; a glorious starting line to an album that just gets better and better as it proceeds.

I’m still shocked and appalled by the number of hardcore music nerds that don’t know about this gem.

If you don’t know it… get to.

Tell em yer Uncle Ape sent you.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #alternative #Midlake #vanoccupanther #2000s #2000smusic

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage

The Vinyl Ape 🦧 @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 06:49 UTC

MIDLAKE
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
2022 UK reissue
Gold vinyl

A long (but fun) day of Christmas shopping ends with an undeniable musical masterpiece.

This is an astonishing album on every level; a living, breathing, melancholic work of art that, somehow, is still underrated.

I’d put this against ANY of the great, breathtaking albums of the 2000s. It would stand toe to toe with ANY of them.

“Roscoe” is one of the great opening tracks of any album EVER; a glorious starting line to an album that just gets better and better as it proceeds.

I’m still shocked and appalled by the number of hardcore music nerds that don’t know about this gem.

If you don’t know it… get to.

Tell em yer Uncle Ape sent you.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #alternative #Midlake #vanoccupanther #2000s #2000smusic

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage

The Vinyl Ape 🦧 @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 06:49 UTC

MIDLAKE
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
2022 UK reissue
Gold vinyl

A long (but fun) day of Christmas shopping ends with an undeniable musical masterpiece.

This is an astonishing album on every level; a living, breathing, melancholic work of art that, somehow, is still underrated.

I’d put this against ANY of the great, breathtaking albums of the 2000s. It would stand toe to toe with ANY of them.

“Roscoe” is one of the great opening tracks of any album EVER; a glorious starting line to an album that just gets better and better as it proceeds.

I’m still shocked and appalled by the number of hardcore music nerds that don’t know about this gem.

If you don’t know it… get to.

Tell em yer Uncle Ape sent you.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #alternative #Midlake #vanoccupanther #2000s #2000smusic

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage

The Vinyl Ape 🦧 @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 06:49 UTC

MIDLAKE
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
2022 UK reissue
Gold vinyl

A long (but fun) day of Christmas shopping ends with an undeniable musical masterpiece.

This is an astonishing album on every level; a living, breathing, melancholic work of art that, somehow, is still underrated.

I’d put this against ANY of the great, breathtaking albums of the 2000s. It would stand toe to toe with ANY of them.

“Roscoe” is one of the great opening tracks of any album EVER; a glorious starting line to an album that just gets better and better as it proceeds.

I’m still shocked and appalled by the number of hardcore music nerds that don’t know about this gem.

If you don’t know it… get to.

Tell em yer Uncle Ape sent you.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #alternative #Midlake #vanoccupanther #2000s #2000smusic

#2000smusic #2000s #vanoccupanther #midlake #alternative #indie

The Vinyl Ape 🦧 @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 06:49 UTC

MIDLAKE
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
2022 UK reissue
Gold vinyl

A long (but fun) day of Christmas shopping ends with an undeniable musical masterpiece.

This is an astonishing album on every level; a living, breathing, melancholic work of art that, somehow, is still underrated.

I’d put this against ANY of the great, breathtaking albums of the 2000s. It would stand toe to toe with ANY of them.

“Roscoe” is one of the great opening tracks of any album EVER; a glorious starting line to an album that just gets better and better as it proceeds.

I’m still shocked and appalled by the number of hardcore music nerds that don’t know about this gem.

If you don’t know it… get to.

Tell em yer Uncle Ape sent you.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #alternative #Midlake #vanoccupanther #2000s #2000smusic

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage

Technology | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 13:05 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

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Technology | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 13:05 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

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Technology | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 13:05 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

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Technology | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 13:05 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

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Technology | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 13:05 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

#digitalmedia #lifeandstyle #socialmedia #middleage #internet #youtube

Lifestyle | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 12:57 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

#digitalmedia #lifeandstyle #socialmedia #middleage #internet #youtube

Lifestyle | The Guardian US @[email protected] · 2025-12-08 · 12:57 UTC

‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/it-has-to-be-genuine-older-influencers-drive-growth-social-media #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Middleage #Internet #YouTube #Fitness #Midlake #Society

#digitalmedia #lifeandstyle #socialmedia #middleage #internet #youtube

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-29 · 22:26 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DonLettsCultureClashRadio

Midlake:
🎵 Days Gone By

#Midlake

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-29 · 22:26 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DonLettsCultureClashRadio

Midlake:
🎵 Days Gone By

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-29 · 22:26 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DonLettsCultureClashRadio

Midlake:
🎵 Days Gone By

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-29 · 22:26 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DonLettsCultureClashRadio

Midlake:
🎵 Days Gone By

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-29 · 22:26 UTC

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Midlake:
🎵 Days Gone By

#Midlake

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Written in Music @[email protected] · 2025-11-26 · 14:49 UTC

Recensie: Midlake – A Bridge to Far ★★★★
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/midlake-a-bridge-to-far/

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ᴺⁱˡᶻ 🍸 "ᵀʰᵉ ᴺⁱᶜʰᵗˢⁿᵘᵗᶻ" @[email protected] · 2025-11-22 · 11:18 UTC

Auf dem Sofa, Kakao a la #ToteTante und im Player #Midlake - The Courage of Others LP
🪾🍂❄️☕🎶

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#folk #music #hyggelig #rum

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ᴺⁱˡᶻ 🍸 "ᵀʰᵉ ᴺⁱᶜʰᵗˢⁿᵘᵗᶻ" @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 10:54 UTC

Heutiger #Posteingang 📬

2x Ohren streicheln 🙏

1x Ohren beissen 👹

#music #folk #metal #midlake #kostnatĕní

#posteingang #music #folk #metal #midlake #kostnateni

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 04:47 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever

Midlake:
🎵 Roscoe

#Midlake

https://mommusic4.bandcamp.com/track/midlake-roscoe-mom-2021-version

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 04:47 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever

Midlake:
🎵 Roscoe

#Midlake

https://mommusic4.bandcamp.com/track/midlake-roscoe-mom-2021-version

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 04:47 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever

Midlake:
🎵 Roscoe

#Midlake

https://mommusic4.bandcamp.com/track/midlake-roscoe-mom-2021-version

https://open.spotify.com/track/01qJhVPCHFFR6wJ5ptyw17

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