Madeline Johnston, the Denver musician who information as Midwife, focuses on a ghostly, tingly type of shoegaze that she calls “heaven metallic.” Final yr, she launched her album Luminol, and it dominated. Since then, she’s collaborated with Nothing and toured with Deafheaven, and now she’s letting the world hear her model of dusty early-’00s butt-rock.
Johnston has already proven a form of affinity for tacky radio-rock Luminol featured her tackle the Offspring’s “Gone Away.” These days, the Flenser, Midwife’s label, has been releasing a sequence of nü-metal covers — Chat Pile taking up Sepultura, Wreck And Reference remaking Deftones, that form of factor. For her contribution, Johnston has launched her model of “Ship The Ache Beneath,” the turgid 2003 hit from the Illinois post-grunge band Chevelle.
The Midwife model of “Ship The Ache Beneath” feels like factor just like the Chevelle ones. In Johnston’s fingers, the tune turns into a glimmering lullaby that’s buried beneath waves of echo and maintain. It’s fairly! Beneath, take a look at the Midwife cowl and the Chevelle unique, in addition to the dates for Midwife’s upcoming tour with the Physique.
TOUR DATES:
5/05 – Oakland, CA @ Crybaby *
5/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon *
5/07 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *
5/08 – Phoenix, AZ @ Insurgent Lounge *
5/09 – Tucson, AZ @ Groundworks *
5/10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar *
5/13 – Austin, TX @ Oblivion Entry Pageant
5/17 – Atlanta, GA @ 529 *
5/18 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook *
5/19 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
5/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *
5/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus *
5/22 – Cambridge, MA @ Sonia *
5/24 – Montréal, QC @ La Sala Rosa *
5/25 – Toronto, ON @ The Child G *
5/26 – Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary *
5/27 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
5/28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Membership *
5/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Membership *
5/31 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
6/01 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ City Lounge *
6/03 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Mission *
6/04 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
* with the Physique
Midwife’s model of “Ship The Ache Beneath” is out now on the Flenser.
