Midlake's stellar new album The Courage of Others is out now via Bella Union, and is receiving critical praise from around the globe.

The Denton, TX music collective's latest effort finds the band in a darker mood than their last album, 2006's The Trial of Van Occupanter, and continues to receive worldwide praise, earning 5 star reviews and recommendations from outlets such as Paste, The Onion AV Club, Time Out, NME, and many more.

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"Beauty is key here, especially with a song like "Bring Down," where an otherwise depressing dirge is given liftoff by Smith's sweet harmony and a twittering flute." - Paste Magazine - 91/100

"Coming after the hauntingly archaic The Trials Of Van Occupanther, the more personal The Courage Of Others is bracing - stunning, even." - Onion AV Club - A

"a dose of musical magic: a slow-building, minor-chord madrigal that transports the listener back to a time when albums had the power to strengthen and heal... A classic" - Independent on Sunday - 5 Stars ***** (CD of the Week)

"a breathtaking transformation... Sublime" - The Times - 5 Stars ***** (Album of the Week)

"An album that is like a dark cloak in which to envelop oneself... a comforting warmth to ward off life's tribulations... And the first truly great release of the year" - The Independent - 5 Stars ***** (Album of the Week)

"Midlake are well on their way to usurping Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes as America's most celebrated new rock band... This majestic album will only advance their cause" - The Daily Mail - 5 Stars ***** (Album of the Week)

"exquisitely constructed, intricately layered, beautifully played" - MOJO - 4 Stars **** (Album of the Month)

"This is bold, ambitious, captivating stuff" - Q magazine – 4 Stars ****

"The Southerners' monumental third is a little hippy, a lot heavy" - NME – 8/10

"Imagine the romantic poets mourning climate change to a 1970's folk-rock soundtrack and you won't be far from The Courage of Others... it trembles with awe of sublime nature and sorrow for its destruction" - The Guardian - 4 Stars ****

"A palette of folk music colours combine to evoke a beautiful air of desolation." - The Telegraph – 4 Stars ****

"A unique and intensely moving album." - The Sun - 4.5/5 ****

"Midlake spin a dense and intricate web with awe-inspiring ease on their third album... a record that's indebted to English folk music yet still wholly and uniquely their own" - The Fly - 4.5/5 ****

"The Courage of Others is a peach of a record." - Evening Standard - 4 Stars ****

"Midlake have used the wide open spaces of their home state to nurture a singularly haunted and hypnotic music... droning chords, rolling circular harmonies and mournful guitars weave a spell." - The Mirror - 4 Stars ****

"a lovingly crafted retro folk-rock lament" - Financial Times - 4 Stars ****

"as immersively melancholy as you can get... gorgeous" - Time Out - 4 Stars ****

"Mixing Nick Drake, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull and even Gabriel-era Genesis with the tougher burr of Texan indie... It's a miraculous alchemy." - The Observer

"There's so much beauty here... forlorn, gentle and totally absorbing." - WORD

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