Milk Stream "Horsetown Threshold" via Atwood Magazine // Album Out Friday, June 2nd
Milk Stream Eclectic Horsetown Threshold via Atwood Magazine
Album out June 2nd on Midnight Werewolf Records
Album Release Show on June 2nd at Great Scott
photo credit: Lauren Jospehs
Listen to Horsetown Threshold
Boston’s Milk are excited to stream Horsetown Threshold in full via Atwood Magazine ahead of its Friday, June 2nd release on Midnight Werewolf Records (Kal Marks, Fórn, Pleasure Gap). Following lead singles “Too High To Drive” (FLOOD Magazine) and “Lord, Don’t Take Me To Prison” (Clrvynt), the band’s album shows an eclectic vision of their indie rock and New England bred Americana, blurring the lines between country twang and slacker rock, forming their own sound that’s organic and free.
A portrait of a rock band living in New England, the band’s sophomore album is built on common emotions ranging from the most delicate to the devastatingly heavy. Horsetown Threshold is a reflection on the anxieties of everyday life, the little things that bring you down or pick you up for reasons you can’t quite wrap your head around… time passing, people changing, and the understanding that comes with it. Rooted in distorted rock ‘n’ roll, fuzzy stoner-pop, and alt-country underpinnings, the sound of Horsetown Threshold is eclectic and without boundaries. From twangy lo-fi Americana to blistering slacker punk, Milk’s sound is raw, unpredictable, and shaky by design.
Atwood Magazine shared:
“Milk has crafted an incredibly shocking, energy-filled, angst provoking album that sings to the tune of Nirvana and the grunge gods before. Still, it balances the heavy moments with breaths of air, stringing tunes together with acoustic and electric and yells and whispers. The opposites are blaring throughout, creating an internal altercation that somehow manifests as beautiful noise.
Together, the album is an outstanding collection in its own right. The sound is something familiar, yet something lost in the transition of modern music to electronic based-creations. This sense of current influence is not lost completely, but the instrumentals and sound design decisions on Horsetown Threshold lead listeners to wonder what ever happened to the hard-rock sound. It has been well missed, and Milk should be celebrated as an ode to the old and a cheers to the new.”
Tour Dates:
5/31 – Milford, NH @ Union Coffee
6/01 – Providence, RI @ Parlor Room
6/02 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott (record release) w/ Big Mess
6/03 – Hadley, MA @ Asbestos Farm
Milk
Horsetown Threshold
June 2, 2017
Midnight Werewolf Records
Pre-Order
1. Too High To Drive
2. Horsetown
3. At The Bottom Of A Lake
4. Fishin’
5. Lord, Don’t Take Me To Prison
6. IRS
7. Vietnam
8. Then Again
“Brady and Taber are classic songwriters, piecMilk,ing together solitary small-town vignettes in much the same way that Jeff Tweedy did circa Sky Blue Sky” – FLOOD Magazine
“chilly, morbid Americana that draws from Southern tradition” – Clrvynt
BIO:
Milk is a band out of Boston, MA. Matt Brady (vocals, guitar) and Sam Taber (keys, vocals) started playing together in 2012, cutting their teeth in the local scene and rehearsing in empty Boston University buildings late into the night. After a few incarnations and three releases (Hubba Hubba EP, Et In Arcadia, Contact EP), the band added H.L. Weatherby (drums) and Brian Engles (bass, vocals) to fill out their line-up.
Their music is a unique brand of rock that Matt calls “New England Gothic”. Steeped in the current landscape of Boston, their newest LP, Horsetown Threshold, out on Midnight Werewolf Records, marks a broad step forward in their sound. The album was recorded both at home and at The Record Company, and combines thick distorted Americana with mindful songwriting – songs that discuss the full spectrum of human emotions and the anxiety that often happens while trying to make sense of them.
The live show is something to be seen. Never playing the same show twice, they run the gambit of sound, bridging the gap between heavy and delicate. Milk will be touring the album for the majority of the upcoming summer, and Matt will play a host of solo dates as well – rolling it out to as many ears as possible.
Follow Milk at:
Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Bandcamp | Midnight Werewolf Records