http://musosguide.com/midlake-the-courage-of-others/9705 Online Music Guide Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://musosguide.com/midlake-the-courage-of-others/9705/comment-page-1#comment-5586 PeterHarris Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:52:20 +0000 http://musosguide.com/?p=9705#comment-5586 Van Occupanther is one of my favourite albums of the last 10 years - this was never gonna come close to it and I don't think it does.<br>The problem is, the song composition, tone and style is almost identical on every song. If you take each song individually, they're all excellent but listening to them all in a row is quite a task. I saw them live a couple of weeks ago and it was the same story there - the new songs all sounded great but I kept asking myself 'Haven't they just played this one?'. Van Occupanther is one of my favourite albums of the last 10 years – this was never gonna come close to it and I don't think it does.
The problem is, the song composition, tone and style is almost identical on every song. If you take each song individually, they're all excellent but listening to them all in a row is quite a task. I saw them live a couple of weeks ago and it was the same story there – the new songs all sounded great but I kept asking myself 'Haven't they just played this one?'.

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