Midlake

There are a lot of bands that have a different sound now than they used to. Sometimes, as such a case with Outkast, they get better. Other times, bands like Kings of Leon start marking cheesy arena rock music. Midlake is a band like that of the latter example. Their new music has a totally different, I would say boring sound. However they used to have a really weird, electronic and symphonic sound. I really liked them because they reminded me of Radiohead. They are mostly piano based. And like OK Computer or Amnesiac, Midlake's first and second albums, Milkmaid Grand Army, and Bamnan and Slivercork, both use a wide array of unique sounding instruments; some that sound pretty weird and electronic. The lead singer's voice is also kinda like Thom Yorke's, although that's what direction indie music took for a while, so a lot of band's singers have a whiny voice like that of Thom Yorke's. (Robot Ate Me, Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse) Midlake uses a lot of piano, but adds in a lot of electronic sounds in there as well. Midlake's sound evolved pretty drastically after this album came out. The singer has said in interviews that he has "natural tendencies as a songwriter" to write songs like Radiohead, but he wants to write Jethro "Tull song(s)."While I value his artistic desire to evolve as a band, I really wish Midlake would have just stayed with their old, weird Radiohead songs. I would guess that Midlake's folky albums influence some Fleet Foxes. In fact, when my friend first showed me Fleet Foxes, I thought it was Midlake. Below are three songs by Midlake, two from their Radiohead period and one from later. Also is a song by Fleet Foxes that features a sound borrowed from Midlake.