Midlake - Rulers, Ruling All Things ¤

THEY ARE
Texan folk oddballs finally ready to follow up their surprise hit album The Trials of Van Occupanther after three and a half years of silence.
SOUNDS LIKE
they've left the soft rock ship and aimed for the folky, at times proggy sounds of Pentangle, Fairport Convention. And they've seemed to have borrowed Ian Anderson's flute.
RELEASE
Acts of Man/Rulers, Ruling all things (single) Dec 14
The Courage of Others Feb 1  
CLEVER MOMENT
at 3:14, when the flute gives way to the band's trademark spine-chilling vocal harmonies.