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Sonic Ranch is a studio out in El Paso, Texas, a place where Midland hunkered down for a spell in 2014 as they tried to find their voice as a band. Come 2021, the group decided to release documentation of these early sessions as The Sonic Ranch, a relatively brief film accompanied by an album of the same name. Midland's subsequent success creates some interest in The Sonic Ranch in perspective, as it's possible to hear hints of the neon-lit barroom country the trio essayed on 2017's On the Rocks and 2019's Let It Roll. As its own entity, though, it's a bit threadbare, the sound of a trio figuring out their strengths and weaknesses. The retro sheen of producers Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Dann Huff is missed -- part of the charm of Midland is their vintage vibe -- as are the sharply articulated melodies. Without these elements of the equation, Midland sound pleasant enough as they amble through memories of Texas troubadours past, yet the lack of defined songs and persona means that The Sonic Ranch just kinds of drifts past like a tumbleweed on the breeze.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hope Wright, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Radcliffe, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Hardtke, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lars Fox, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Piano, Nylon-String Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Jim Ward, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hope Wright, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Radcliffe, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Hardtke, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Lauretano, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Radcliffe, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Percussion, Nylon-String Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Radcliffe, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wystrach, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruno Lauretano, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Harloe, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Zach Mauldin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Booher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Electric Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Calderon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Cutchen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Patterson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Electric Guitar, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Calderon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Patterson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J.J. Johnson, Drums, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - David Garza, Producer, Electric Guitar, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Brad Bell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Gonzalez, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Elijah Ford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ethan Kennedy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Ratcliffe, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Nathan Dantzler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS ROWE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Garza, Producer, Electric Guitar, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Calderon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Duddy, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, MainArtist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Jess Carson, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wystrach, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hallie Melton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Patterson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Album review
Sonic Ranch is a studio out in El Paso, Texas, a place where Midland hunkered down for a spell in 2014 as they tried to find their voice as a band. Come 2021, the group decided to release documentation of these early sessions as The Sonic Ranch, a relatively brief film accompanied by an album of the same name. Midland's subsequent success creates some interest in The Sonic Ranch in perspective, as it's possible to hear hints of the neon-lit barroom country the trio essayed on 2017's On the Rocks and 2019's Let It Roll. As its own entity, though, it's a bit threadbare, the sound of a trio figuring out their strengths and weaknesses. The retro sheen of producers Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Dann Huff is missed -- part of the charm of Midland is their vintage vibe -- as are the sharply articulated melodies. Without these elements of the equation, Midland sound pleasant enough as they amble through memories of Texas troubadours past, yet the lack of defined songs and persona means that The Sonic Ranch just kinds of drifts past like a tumbleweed on the breeze.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:53
- Main artists: Midland
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Big Machine Records, LLC
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC ℗ 2021 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
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