Angel Midnight is the new five-song EP from The Lucky Ones, a band which showcases the songs of veteran alt-roots musician Mike Meehan. Distributed by Paradiddle Records, it is a work of haunting folk-rock sweetened with pedal steel, harmonium and jangly guitar. The opening track, “New Canaan Highway”, details scenes of absence and regret along the

Angel Midnight is the new five-song EP from The Lucky Ones, a band which showcases the songs of veteran alt-roots musician Mike Meehan. Distributed by Paradiddle Records, it is a work of haunting folk-rock sweetened with pedal steel, harmonium and jangly guitar. The opening track, “New Canaan Highway”, details scenes of absence and regret along the human highway of “carbon, dust and coal.” Next, the title cut “Angel Midnight” is a prayer or mystical poem of protection and revival about hope born out of weariness, evoking both Jack Kerouac and Jason Molina. 12-string jangle surrounds the rocking “Along The Way”, with a resonant pedal-steel breakdown from guitarist Brian Moritz and haunting harmony vocals from Annie Mark. “Another Prayer” lives up to its title as it follows a roadmapped journey to roadhouses and “missions of sacred art” and is a particular pedal-steel showcase for Moritz. Closing song “Ragged Company” finds an upbeat arrangement with a nod to heartland rockers The BoDeans that serves up an ode to “poets, punks and thieves.” It features sometimes-bandmate Keith Lyle on harmonica and soaring background vocals. MVP of the project is long-time collaborator Michael Leuci, who recorded, mixed and mastered the tracks, contributed instrumentation and designed the package layout.

MIKE MEEHAN & THE LUCKY ONES Mike Meehan is an accomplished songwriter and musician. He has been a recording artist for Koch Records, Paradiddle and Louisiana Red Hot. He has released multiple albums as a founding member of roots-rock group The Last Hombres (at one time recording and touring with drummer Levon Helm) as well as his own imprint, The Lucky Ones. Hombre Mike's original songs have been called “ragged rock-and- roll soundtracks and cautionary tales, influenced by traditional and alternative country, punk, folk and literature.”