CURRENT SINGLE – “Sunrise Tells the Story”
Midland’s style of country music has been described as throwback or traditional country, but lead singer Mark Wystrach, prefers to think of it as something else. “You have a culmination of influences from the 70s, 80s, but definitely the 90s as well,” he explains. “And for us, that’s kind of where it left off a little bit for the stuff that we’re very passionate about, or the stuff that really moves our meter.”
Mark recalls one time in an interview, “Some lady asked me what kind of music we play, and I said we play soul music. And she thought I was screwing around with her, and I was like, ‘No, I’m serious.’ I think it’s just soul. If it has soul I think it interests all of us. And I think that’s just the kind of songwriting that was being done in the 70s, 80s and kinda early 90s.”
You can hear that soul in Midland’s latest single, “Sunrise Tells the Story.”
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Mark Wystrach – “You have a culmination of influences from the 70s, 80s, but definitely the 90s as well. And for us, that’s kind of where it left off a little bit for the stuff that we’re very passionate about, or the stuff that really moves our meter. Some lady asked me what kind of music we play, and I said we play soul music. And she thought I was screwing around with her, and I was like, ‘No, I’m serious. I think it’s just soul. If it has soul I think it interests all of us. And I think that’s just the kind of songwriting that was being done in the 70s, 80s and kind of early 90s.”