Acts of Man / Rulers Ruling All Things

Single from Midlake's upcoming album "The Courage of Others" due in stores February 2nd 2010.
The songs are copyright of Midlake and are being used solely for academic purposes or review.

Personal Review:

Listening to Acts of Man & Rulers Ruling All things it appears that Midlake is on course to supersede their previously acclaimed album "The Trials of Van Occupanther." The new single and b-side expand on their previous formula with lush compositions and emotive lyrics. Lead vocalist Tim Smith continues to up the bar with his textured voice complementing the overall atmosphere of the tracks. If Acts of Man/Rulers Ruling All Things are any indication of the Midlakes upcoming release, it is safe to say that "The Courage of Others" will set the bar high early for music in 2010.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Midlake
• Indie
• Acts of Man

[granty77]

Nice. Very nice. Really looking forward to the album.

[Peerenboot]

Can't wait 2 see them in Amsterdam, Februari 10th... love them!

[xavablairx]

One of my favorites!

[ioaberro]

dopo john grant non potevano mancare i grandi Midlake

[italllies]

@snavlis21 ha way to go dude !

[snavlis21]

@italllies

i just hit the dislike button in order to punish you for another mindless Justin Bieber comment. I like the song though.

[italllies]

60th thumbs up !!!!

Am It has made my day to see that there are no justin bieber fans listening to this song hitting the WRONG thumb !

60 to zero and zero is where is shall stay !

[Smudgedit]

it's just you.

[psychexfutureheart]

Great!

Artists like Midlake are willing to take time to realize a direction/ vibe (it took them a year of playing everyday before they had made any progress and then another before it was finishedholed up for 2 year diligently working on something they were unsure any one would care about). Just from a $ perspective, it takes courage to believe in the value of what's not making $. These were the PsychExFutureHeart songs of the day yesterday. Check out todays at FutureHeartDays twitter.

[PaulT115]

A friend advised me to listen to Midlake just a few weeks ago. Im so glad that she did, because it's one of the best things I've heard for donkey's years: beautiful songs and wonderful harmonies.

[Mr5fiveoaks]

MrGer1952...great BECAUSE you are 58!

I'm not far off your age & this band are one of the best I've seen in 30+ years of gigs.

Interviewed them for my show on 103 The Eye & they were so friendly. This track Rulers is just wonderous!

Steve Edwards