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The Trials of Van Occupanther by Midlake
The Trials of Van Occupanther is an album by Midlake, released in 2006. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Roscoe”, on 11 lists with a best position of #15.
The Trials of Van Occupanther, Midlake's second album, came out on Bella Union on July 25, 2006, and the Denton, Texas band went somewhere strange with it: woolly, pastoral folk-rock that seems to have wandered in from some older, candlelit century. Tim Smith, the band's singer, guitarist and chief songwriter, leads them through songs that move at a stately walk, soft harmonies and patient guitars drifting over everything.
"Roscoe" opens the record and became one of Midlake's defining songs, later ranked among the greatest of the 2000s. The band built its following in Europe first, with Bella Union part of that story. A 10th-anniversary reissue arrived in 2016, dressed in fresh artwork and photos, plus two songs nobody had heard before.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Trials of Van Occupanther on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.