This week's music previews

Midlake, On tourMidlake's The Trials Of Van Occupanther was a mellow milestone – a country rock record for people who didn't think they liked country rock. Its strength was in conjuring a sepia-tinted America; though its subject matter was a world of dungarees and pitchforks, its sound was accessible radio rock. A cool trick, and there's a degree of anticipation for the band's return. Strangely, though, Midlake's new one finds them all bearded-up but, metaphorically speaking, without a mo...

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