Never really been a Josh Ritter fan - don't hate'm, just never been compelled to investigate beyond what I've heard happenstancedly. Now, there was a time when reading that Midlake was his backing band would have elicited the desire to check out more Ritter, but then Midlake goes and follows up their masterpiece, The Trials Of Van Occupanther ('06) with something rather droll, last year's The Courage Of Others.