Midland

Footloose and free, working hard and drinking harder, always riding into the sunset or sunrise, GRAMMY-nominated trio <a href="spotify:artist:1DTZRmlVZBxx2wRQBtx6yi" data-name="Midland">Midland</a> makes country music feel viscerally alive and timeless, with songs for people to drink, swing, love and, yes, lose to. Name inspired by a <a href="spotify:artist:2sxmKe3CUrWnx7eoXMhOlW" data-name="Dwight Yoakam">Dwight Yoakam</a> song, the Dripping Springs, Texas-born trio channels a distinctly 21st century post-modern traditionalism, recapturing a classic country essence through thick harmonies, steel guitars and a worn-in cool that has made their music a dive bar staple worldwide. Honed in barrooms, it’s a sound that’s been imitated but never duplicated since 5X PLATINUM, No. 1 “<a href="spotify:track:1vBpwxsLVwaR4evBIaFmqD" data-name="Drinkin&#39; Problem">Drinkin&#39; Problem</a>.”

For Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson, music isn’t just something to play in your car. It envelopes their aesthetics, from the Nudie Cohen-inspired rhinestone suits, their Insolito Tequila and Kingsmaker cigar line to their album-focused musical explorations and lean, song-forward live presentation. From head-turning debut <a href="spotify:album:5p5lKDY6Ag62f8HWfIFzQ0" data-name="On The Rocks">On The Rocks</a> through the Billboard Top Country Album <a href="spotify:album:558uSttH0s3zk6tRa0T7tF" data-name="Let It Roll">Let It Roll</a> and into <a href="spotify:album:6qURbeUcbhHdGXDAUzZcag" data-name="The Last Resort: Greetings From">The Last Resort: Greetings From</a> and <a href="spotify:album:4e0HW29J9Jc2v5ChnJ3xzJ" data-name="Barely Blue">Barely Blue</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1DTZRmlVZBxx2wRQBtx6yi" data-name="Midland">Midland</a> has built a catalog that bridges conceptual ambition with roots-driven songwriting. Alongside “<a href="spotify:track:1vBpwxsLVwaR4evBIaFmqD" data-name="Drinkin&#39; Problem">Drinkin&#39; Problem</a>,” their catalog also includes PLATINUM-certified “<a href="spotify:track:7yrJnekdlwWARt5lmVqJ6L" data-name="Burn Out">Burn Out</a>” and GOLD-certified favorites “<a href="spotify:track:01dBLHq3UWyDRWDZJXj235" data-name="Cheatin’ Songs">Cheatin’ Songs</a>,” “<a href="spotify:track:7nDLdzyh2IDjL77JBmZTiQ" data-name="Make A Little">Make A Little</a>” and “<a href="spotify:album:5p5lKDY6Ag62f8HWfIFzQ0" data-name="On The Rocks">On The Rocks</a>.” The band&#39;s commitment to the sounds, stories and places that define country music persists in <a href="spotify:album:2QNByn9FQiPfOfqUQe4BzG" data-name="Stages">Stages</a>, out now.