Midlake are returning in early 2010 with a new album and UK tour.

The Texan band will release their third long-player, 'The Courage Of Others', via Bella Union on February 1.

The record is the follow-up to their 2006 opus 'The Trials Of Von Occupanther' and the track-listing is as follows:

1. Acts of Man
2. Winter Dies
3. Small Mountain
4. Core of Nature
5. Fortune
6. Rulers, Ruling All Things
7. Children of the Grounds
8. Bring Down
9. The Horn
10. The Courage of Others
11. In The Ground

Preceding the album's release, the band will be heading out on the road for a short jaunt around intimate UK venues.

They play:

• Newcastle, The Cluny – January 22
• Leicester, The Musician – 23
• Cambridge Junction 2 – 24
• Norwich Arts Centre – 27
• London Tabernacle – 28

(by Scott Colothan)