Midlake The Trials Of Van Occupanther Vinyl LP Gold 2022

Gold Colour Vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Roscoe
2. Bandits
3. Head Home
4. Van Occupanther
5. Young Bride
6. Branches
7. In This Camp
8. We Gathered In Spring
9. It Covers The Hillsides
10. Chasing After Deer
11. You Never Arrived

Midlake Are A Relatively Small Indie Band, So The Level Of Ambition They Display On ‘The Trials Of Van Occupanther’ Is To Be Commended. From The Opening Track, ‘Roscoe’, With Its Laconic Lyrics And Slowly Building Chorus, They Manage To Recreate Perfectly The Sound Of 1980s Fleetwood Mac, A Band Not Known For Thinking Small.

And Though The Rest Of The Album Doesn’t Quite Reach The Heady Heights Of This Opener, It’s Not For A Lack Of Trying (Particularly On ‘Head Home’). The Remainder Of ‘The Trials Of Van Occupanther’ Is Considerably More Downbeat, With Distant Flutes Complementing The Vocal Harmonies Of Songs Like ‘Bandits’ And ‘Branches’.