[Cover photo credit to Harper Smith; L-R: Jess Carson, Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy]
Grammy-nominated trio Midland have released their new Dave Cobb-Produced album Barely Blue via Big Machine Records and shared the official video for the album’s title track. The song is “a heartbreak anthem that harkens back to the ‘70s sounds of Laurel Canyon,” and though it presents a “dose of melancholia”, it also has “an undercurrent of hopefulness.”
Mark Wystrach shares:
‘Barely Blue’ is the title track of our new album which really colors the foundation and emotion of this rollicking, melancholic collection of songs with a backbeat and memorable choruses. The song itself is almost like a ‘70s country disco dance track meant to be played loud in the club or at the party.
About the new album, Jess Carson adds about the album:
Barely Blue is a destination album. We went East, past Nashville this time to an idyllic island outside of Savannah, Georgia that inspired Johnny Mercer to write ‘Moon River.’ We took a collection of songs we had written over the course of a few years and recorded them live in the studio with Dave Cobb. There was a spirit there that comes through on the album, recording late into the night, taking breaks to sit by a fire around the intercoastal waterway. It is the ‘storybook South’ as Dave calls it, with Spanish moss hanging from Live Oak trees. There’s a timeless feeling there that I like to think these songs share. It is our most human album yet, we didn’t go for a slick perfection. Instead, what you get is a musical journey of the heart.
The band are on their crosscountry Get Lucky Tour where they will be making a stop at Red Rocks on Oct. 12 and playing two shows at the ACL Live in their hometown of Austin, TX on Dec. 19 and 20.
Earlier this year, Midland collaborated with Orville Peck on “The Hurtin’ Kind,” which appeared on Peck’s new duets album Stampede Vol. 1. They also released a cover of “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” for the Petty Country album.
Tour Dates:
9/20 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre $
9/21 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove $
9/26 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
9/27 – Anderson, SC – Wendell’s Outdoor ^
9/28 – St. Augustine, FL – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre ^
10/3 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company *
10/4 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy *
10/5 – Cherokee, NC – Cherokee Tribal Fair *
10/9 – El Paso, TX – Speaking Rock Entertainment Center
10/11 – Grand Junction, CO – Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park ^
10/12 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre #^
10/19 – Brownwood, TX – Feels Like Home Festival
10/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center !
10/25 – Garden City, IA – Revolution Concert House !
10/26 – Kennewick, WA – Toyota Center !
11/2 – San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port !
11/29 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall !
11/30 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory !
12/6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels @
12/7 – Albuquerque, NM – Rio Rancho Events Center @
12/19 – Austin, TX – ACL Live Moody Theater !
12/20 – Austin, TX – ACL Live Moody Theater !
@ – Support from Tanya Tucker
$ – Support from Colin Stough
^ – Support from Colby Acuff
* – Support from Elvie Shane
# – Support from Jackson Dean
! – Support from The Wilder Blue
