Milk…
The Minnesota based Milk will likely be the only band that whenever I look at a bottle of cough syrup I will always think, “Yeah, that’s what that band sounds like”. Milk was around during the early to mid nineties and released three albums through the Spanish Fly/Twin-Tone label. Their sound was a disorienting mixture of polyrhythmic tones taken even further by the anxiety driven vocal delivery from singer/guitarist Brett Gross. The product of it all was something that often led to a bit of uneasiness when listening to it, however it was certainly unique and when it was all said and done I ended up with just about everything this band released. I recall not even liking their first album Ear that much on first listen. It’s funny how that works.
Anyway, here are two of the bands earlier singles. Both were released in 1992. One through the Big Money Inc. label and the other through their more familiar home Spanish Fly. For further listening I suggest checking out their final album So Many Dynamos that appeared in 1996. It’s probably available on Amazon for change.
Eggs Breaking, Thunder, Sneezes, and Laughter 7’’:
Milk – Desperation and Not Having [MP3]
Milk – Lollipop [MP3]
Milk – Boozy [MP3]
Milk – Balls of Bright Light Earth [MP3]
Making the Most of Minimal Hearing 7’’:
Milk – Hunting Like Animals [MP3]
Milk – It’s Funny [MP3]
Milk – Thakurs Procession [MP3]
Milk – Parts [MP3]
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August 29th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
this is one of the greatest bands i've heard. milk and polvo is what i grew up on.
April 6th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I was lucky enough to be in a band who opened for Milk a few times. Each of their performances were better than the previous (or however you say that).
My favorite was in St. Louis, at Cicero’s. Incredible Milk performance. The headliner was Cake and they really sucked. (Think it was documented in some St. Louis newspaper – how bad Cake was and how good Milk was.) Milk was fantastic.