Spoiler alert! The new Midlake record is not from the band that you grew to love with The Trials Of Van Occupanther. With each successive album, the members of Midlake transformed, foregrounding a different favorite section of their record collections. Now comes Antiphon (ATO), which announces itself with an opening title track that rocks harder and more insistently than anything in the group’s prior catalog. Midlake again sounds like a new band. And, this time it is: It’s Midlake’s first since the departure of principal singer/songwriter Tim Smith, its first with guitarist Eric Pulido stepping into those lead roles, its first with former touring members Jesse Chandler (keyboards, flute) and Joey McClellan (guitars) officially joining drummer Mackenzie Smith, multi-instrumentalist Paul Alexander and guitarist Eric Nichelson. Chandler and Nichelson will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Midlake feature.
Chandler: I’ve read more novels and short stories by the prolific Vonnegut than any other author. I’m always inspired by his unbridled creativity, and the fact that he just “goes for it,” no matter how weird an idea is. He is consistently funny, and can be very deep as well. Slaughterhouse Five is a masterpiece, but I have very fond memories of reading Galapagos as well.
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVF9fRFnfy0
