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.