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Fair To Midland

Fair To Midland

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Genres: Experimental / Avante Garde, Rock

Formed: 1998

City: Dallas, TX

Web site: http://www.fairtomidland.com

Founded in the quiet farm town of Sulphur Springs, Texas—"Where people still say 'please' and 'thank you,'" as its chamber of commerce notes—Fair to Midland have become one of the most idiosyncratic musical forces in the Lone Star State. But as singer Darroh Sudderth—who rounds out FTM's current lineup with guitarist Cliff Campbell, drummer Brett Stowers, bassist Jon Dicken, and keyboardist/electronics manipulator Matt Langley—explains, idiosyncrasy also helps give the band its internal power.

"For the most part, our musical tastes are completely different," Suddereth begins. "All of our songs are just us trying to find a happy medium between what everyone in the band listens to—and I think that actually being able to do that is what makes us so different from a lot of other bands today."

"Disciplined stream-of-consciousness" is an apt phrase to describe Fair to Midland's music, which deftly fuses hard rock with art rock, shot through with soaring vocals, virtuoso guitars, allegorical lyrics, a driving rhythm section and richly woven keyboards. This stream-of-consciousness is impressively showcased on Fables From a Mayfly, the band's full-length debut being jointly released by Universal Republic and Serjical Strike on June 12th, 2007.

With songs such as "Kyla Cries Cologne," "April Fools and Eggmen," "A Wolf Descends Upon The Spanish Sahara," and "Dance of the Manatee" the band captures the ear with unparalleled force, coupled with rich orchestration reminiscent of Queen and hard rock dynamism in the vein of Tool, King Crimson and Mars Volta.

And if their song titles sound more like names of paintings, this may be intentional; they do reflect the grandeur of Fair to Midland's music: Sparkling, but not ostentatious...beautiful, but not overwhelming...powerful, but not pummeling.

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Albums

Album cover Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True Released 2007 Serjical Strike Records

Album cover Inter. Funda. Stifle. Released 2004

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ancline2004 Anonymous

Fair to Midland is currently in Toranto Canada working on their new album FiNaLlY!!! Eventhough this IS NOT myspace, if any information is needed it can be found on their myspace page.

2 years, 10 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

ancline2004 Anonymous

THE NEW CD IS OUT!, IT CANNOT BE FOUND AT MOST OF THE BIG MUSIC STORES, JUST CHECK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE ALSO PLAYING IN DALLAS TEXAS DECEMBER 30TH AND 31ST FOR ANYONE ARROUND THAT AREA WANTING TO GO!!!

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captainamerica Anonymous

Fair to Midland-Dance of the Manatee

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rinea Anonymous

oh man, I saw these dudes live and I've never experienced anything quite like it. The singer danced like what I can only describe as an epileptic frenzy, and it seemed like he was singing with his whole being and at the end of their long set he was utterly spent and was laying on the ground and they almost had to drag him offstage. I had never heard of them before and had gone to the show to see a different band, but that performance sure made me an instant fan. The recorded songs on the albums are great, but they dont really do the live versions any justice at all.

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