Midlandâs new album The Last Resort: Greetings From is out now!

Before the album arrived, the trio released the title track because it gave fans an idea of where the whole project was heading.
Midlandâs Cameron Duddy says, âWe wanted âThe Last Resortâ to be a track released before the album arrives, because itâs kind of a manifesto for everything else. You know sometimes the last resort doesnât mean youâve run out of options, but more that youâve decided youâre going for the place or the thing thatâs going to set you free. That freedom of letting go and falling into space, giving it over to fate? Thatâs where real living beginsâŠâ
Talking about their song âSunrise Tell The Storyâ Duddy shares, âItâs a buckle-polishing song. Some songs dance all around it, but the truth is really told when the sun comes up. Weâve never shied away from getting into the high grass when it comes to the way sex and romantic adventure are a big piece of what Country music was, and we think should be. But sometimes, the hunter gets captured by the game.â
Talking about The Last Resort: Greetings From, lead singer Mark Wystrach says âItâs about more than the roots, because that makes you think of something thatâs buried, which this music shouldnât be. Itâs about creating Country music thatâs pure in a different kind of way, that draws on some of whatâs been left behind but shouldnât be. Some of these songs are pure Gary Stewart, others are the earliest Eagles stuff when they really were Country.â
Now that the full album is available for fans to check out, Midlandâs Jess Carson says âThere are a lot of honky-tonk truths, some of them are the way a guitar or steel twines around the melody, almost a counterpoint or counter-narrative. To us, the playing is as important as the vocals or the lyrics. Itâs not just a big wad of sound, but how the tracks build to extract the songâs essence. Itâs a different thing, but it lets us not just have a sound, but make the songs more than just the hook⊠Weâre trying to have people lean in, listen to the rest of whatâs going on, too.â

One of the tracks that fans were looking forward to on The Last Resort: Greetings From, is âLongneck Way To Goâ â their duet with Jon Pardi.
Midlandâs The Last Resort: Greetings From is available now.
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