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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: The debut album from Midland—Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, Jess Carson—channels a time when country came with a little sin, a little kicked-back ease and a little desire. Whether it’s the easy strum of “Check Cashin’ Country,” which captures the yearning life of a band on the run, or the harmony-laden “Burn Out,” with its last-call desolation, or the first single, “Drinkin’ Problem”—an unapologetic embrace of a 100-proof solution—this band distills the country of the ’70s and ’80s.
ALBUM: On The Rocks
RELEASE DATE: 9/22
SINGLE: “Make A Little”
TV: Kimmel 8/16, Fallon 9/20
LIVE: CMT On Tour with Jon Pardi this fall; previously opened for Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Zac Brown Band
INTERNET: More than 1.5m on-demand streams
RADIO: #1 single “Drinkin’ Problem” at country radio; second single impacts the format 9/25
PRESS: NPR, The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, American Songwriter, Women’s Wear Daily, Variety, Rolling Stone Country, more
BOOKING: Brett Saliba/CAA
PUBLISHING: Warner/Chappell
MANAGEMENT: Matt Graham/BRND MGMT; Jason Owen & Todd Ramey/Sandbox Ent.