1st Album In 9 Years

Midlake have announced their return with the release of a new album called "For The Sake Of Bethel Woods". Set to arrive on March 18th, 2022, via Bella Union, the release marks the Texan folk rock band’s 1st new album since 2013’s "Antiphon".

“Album announce day is finally here!”, the band wrote on Instagram. “Although there will be some time before experiencing the full album, here’s the album cover, live concert dates, tour merch, and a single among other things that you can experience now! We love y’all and thank you for all the love and support then and now. We are so very excited to be back and can’t wait to see you soon. Let’s go!”.

The "For The Sake Of Bethel Woods" artwork has particular relevance, featuring keyboardist and flautist Jesse Chandler’s father, who passed away in 2018 and played a part in Midlake reforming.

Frontman Eric Pulido explained, “He was a lovely human, and it was really heavy and sad, and he came to Jesse in a dream. I reference it in a song. He said, ‘Hey, Jesse, you need to get the band back together’. I didn’t take that lightly. We had already had these feelings with everyone in the band of, oh, this could be a cool thing to do. But the dream was a kind of beautiful depiction of a purpose to reconvene and make music together as friends”.