Re: Midlake - Antiphon (2013)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:40 pm

Flutey.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:40 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
Nightjar wrote:I wonder what score Wendi gave the other Midlake album we did?
Have we done another?

Yes, and I claim my £5. budgie menace

by Nightjar Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:41 pm

by Nightjar Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:42 pm

"Foxhole" - a very Pink Floyd/Roger Waters word. yes

by Nightjar Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:42 pm

This is very lovely.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:43 pm

Getting louder.

But not excitinger.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:43 pm

Clearly inspired by the end of Long Long Long.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:44 pm

It is over.

It was very dull.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:44 pm

I shall give it 2 stars.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:48 pm

Well, I personally think that that's a very lovely and quietly spirited triumph.

Not an epic by most accounts, but proof that Midlake are a band that, despite their hipster trappings, are a throwback to a finer, more noble age of music-making.

It lacks the lyrical and baroque esotericism of the Tim Smith era of course, but it's an immersive and warmly melancholic experience created by a group of musicians who'd been effectively abandoned by the guy that did all of their thinking for them (and, barring a guest song here or there on other people's albums, who hasn't done a thing in the last 8+ years).

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:06 am

Nightjar wrote:"Foxhole" - a very Pink Floyd/Roger Waters word.

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Middle of the lake or middle of the road?