Midlake

Midlake这支德克萨斯5人团体，乐队成员于2000年一同参加了北德克萨斯音乐学院的课程，乐队的风格属于独立摇滚又带一点Lo-fi，最初得知这支乐队是从论坛推荐上，试听了一些歌曲，发掘乐队非常有音乐家的天赋，谈起Midlake的风格，属于独立摇滚又带一点Lo-fi，轻软并带有忧郁色彩，同时却又满含希望。
Midlake的音乐初听多少有点受着Radiohead的影响。而英国的Q杂志也是这样的评论"Not since Mercury Rev's Deserter’s Songs has an American band sounded so completely of itself, so off kilter, and quite so bewitching.”主唱Tim Smith富含诗意的嗓音韵味十足，他们的好几首作品都可称为艺术品，而不是简简单单的歌曲。
要做推荐的是单曲Young Bride，以小提琴为主的旋律，伤感，忧郁，主唱的吟唱适时地加入，此时再次回响起小提琴的悲鸣，让你的眼泪不自觉得涌出。这张专辑从开始到直到最后都让你体会了情感最悲伤的一面，但同时给予你希望，情感的东西，尽在不言中。
by William Ruhlmann
The lo-fi rock quintet Midlake was formed in Denton, TX, in 2000 by a group of musicians who had attended the North Texas School of Music together: Paul Alexander (bass, keyboards), Eric Nichelson (keyboards, guitar), Eric Pulido (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), Tim Smith (vocals, keyboards, guitar), and Mckenzie Smith (drums). They issued their own EP, Milkmaid Grand Army, in 2001, and sold 1,000 copies at their Texas gigs. They attracted the attention of Simon Raymonde, who signed them to his Bella Union label in the U.K., leading to European concerts and the recording of their first full-length album, Bamnan and Slivercork, which was released in July 2004. For their next album, the band changes gears and moved away from the psychedelic leanings of their debut toward a more '70s-influenced sound. 2006's The Trials of Van Occupanther featured the same lineup and a sound reminiscent of harmony-rich soft rock bands like America and Laurel Canyon troubadours like Neil Young and Gene Clark.