{"id":151,"date":"2010-01-24T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2011-11-25T07:40:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T14:40:41","slug":"the-courage-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"The courage of others"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the upcoming 2nd of February 2010 release of “The Courage of Others”<\/strong><\/a>, Denton, Texas based alt-rocker band, Midlake<\/strong><\/a> forges toward a larger musical market — after critically acclaimed success with their third full-length release, “The Trials of Van Occupanther”<\/strong><\/a>. This time their efforts come up short. Where previously, a mild anxiety met worldly realization in a magical pull toward a hopeful conclusion, this LP flounders in melancholy, unable to maintain a pace necessary to overcome the angst of existential life.<\/p>\n

Whether intentional or not, the result lacks the novelty and the energy of the previous release — disappointing when more than three years have passed since the last production. An exceptional local band from a music-rich scene, Midlake found their legs among fellow competitors and compatriots. But in an attempt to gain wider acceptance in a diversified national market, the band loses focus and momentum while achieving a more homogenized commercial sound. Sad for their previous fans.<\/p>\n

It’s worth waiting and watching, to see if an appeal to a broader less demanding audience yields salable results — at the expense of artistry. For now, a promising young band has produced a boring, less demanding sound, to these ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/10-The-Courage-of-Others.mp3 Midlake – The Courage of Others With the upcoming 2nd of February 2010 release of “The Courage of Others”, Denton, Texas based alt-rocker band, Midlake forges toward a larger musical market — after critically acclaimed success with their third full-length release, “The Trials of Van Occupanther”. This time their efforts come up short. Where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[42,45],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alternative-music","tag-denton-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}