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Midland has that "Old Fashioned Feeling"

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – Midland today released "Old Fashioned Feeling," a melancholic reflection of an intoxicating relationship.

The new single marks their first collaboration with producer Dave Cobb and was recorded at the Georgia Mae Studios in Savannah, Ga. The track arrives with an official video directed by Harper Smith that finds the band on a golden-hued film set surrounded by showbiz chaos and a cast of hurried flappers, mimes, managers and actors.

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"Sometimes it feels good to go for a swim in the blues, have a sip of that fiery nostalgia and live in the memory of something that was once so sweet that's now turned bitter. Lose yourself in this classic country cup of 80 proof soul with a back beat," the band said in a press release. "It's the sound of every dingy neon hazed bar room where you go to hide in plain sight."

Earlier this month, Midland and Orville Peck released their Roy Orbison-evoking collaboration "The Hurtin' Kind" that appeared on Peck's new duets album, "Stampede Vol. 1." The song, which the artists debuted live aboard Midland's The Last Resort Cruise last month, was written by Peck, Leland, Ryan Raines, and Midland's Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson.

Next month, the band will release a cover of Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" on the tribute album "Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty," out June 21 via Big Machine Records.

Midland wrapped their Up In Texas headline tour earlier this month and are hitting the road for a series of headline shows including the L.A. County Fair this Friday, May 24 and a return to Fort Worth, Texas honky tonk Billy Bob's for a two-night stand on June 21 and 22. The trio will also make a handful of festival appearances including the Bluebird Music Festival, Boots and Hearts Music Festival and Born & Raised.

Tour dates are:
May 24 – Pomona, CA – Los Angeles County Fair
June 21 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob's
June 22 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob's
June 27 – Emigrant, MT – Old Saloon
June 28 – Three Forks, MT – Bridger Brewing
June 29 – Casper, WY – Gaslight Social
July 4 – Sun Valley, ID – Bluebird Music Festival
July 6 – Taos, NM – Kit Carson Park
July 26 – Modesto, CA – Midland Live in Modesto
July 27 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live Sacramento
July 28 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
Aug. 8 – Oro-Medonte – Boots and Hearts Music Festival
Aug. 9 – Verona, NY – The Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino
Aug. 23 – Forest Grove, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge
Aug. 24 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live Outdoor Venue
Sept. 6 – Fort Madison, IA – Tri-State Rodeo
Sept. 13 – Pryor, OK – Born & Raised


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CD review - The Last Resort Midland make it sound easy with the new "The Last Resort" EP. While the upbeat "Two To Two Step" is already a setlist favorite, much of this project – as well as a goodly portion of Midland's catalog – is slower and much more thoughtful. It's all good, though, and "The Last Resort" is just another small chapter in Midland's growing book of fine songs. Listening to Midland can be a little like a scenario where the Eagles' ...
CD review - Live from the Palomino As if creating a couple of neo-traditional country albums wasn't enough, Midland temporarily reopened North Hollywood's famed Palomino club to record its 10-song live album. This act intentionally links Midland to Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Linda Ronstadt and all the other luminaries that graced the original Palomino stage. Unlike Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and many other contemporary country acts, though, Midland's music wouldn't have sounded all that out of place during the ...
CD review - Let it Roll Midland is more magicians than musicians. When the trio came out with their omnipresent 2017 single "Drinkin' Problem," they pulled off their first trick: a brand-new band to radio who sounded like old friends. Their sound and their look (matador jackets, mullets and high-density mustaches) were pure vintage. So why did it all seem progressive? Some of this is the landscape. Athletic-fit tee-shirts and a frat boy oversmile make the standard uniform for most of today's country crop. ...


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