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Midlake is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Björk, Grandaddy, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder and The Flaming Lips. Those roots explain a lot about how Midlake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Other Lives, Shearwater, The Besnard Lakes, Junip and Doves, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Grant, Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand and Travis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Midlake, reaching back through Björk and forward to John Grant. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Midlake connections
Midlake grew out of Björk, Grandaddy, Led Zeppelin and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with Other Lives, Shearwater, The Besnard Lakes and Junip, went on to shape John Grant, Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos and Franz Ferdinand. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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