The band shares the clip ahead of the Get Lucky Tour launch
Midland releases the official video for “Halfway To Heaven” from their critically acclaimed new album Barely Blue, released September 20th via Big Machine Records. The mid-tempo ode to unrequited love finds Midland’s Mark Wystrach dancing away, completely lost in the groove, while the rest of the band enjoys a spaghetti dinner in the official video directed by Harper Smith. Tonight (Fri, Oct 4th), the band continues their trek on The Get Lucky Tour with a stop in Atlanta, before heading to play Red Rocks Amphitheatre on October 12th and two shows at ACL Live in their hometown of Austin, TX on December 19-20.
“Well, basically Harper Smith told me the concept is part Footloose and part Saturday Night Fever,” shares Wystrach. “I channeled Elvis and the emotion of that song and pretended like there weren’t 30 people on set watching me dance like a crazy person. It was actually a lot of fun and an exercise in not giving a…”
Produced by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb, the eight-song collection finds lead singer/guitarist Mark Wystrach, bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy and guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson leaning into the trio’s signature celestial harmonies and exploring the tides of loneliness and the stoicism of holding one’s own while imbuing an unparalleled sense of vulnerability that breaks down the facade of masculinity and honors the spirit of loving, losing and moving on.
Earlier this year, Midland collaborated with Orville Peck on “The Hurtin’ Kind,” which appeared on Peck’s new duets album Stampede Vol. 1. They also released a cover of “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” for the star-studded Petty Country album.
