Milk Music

History

The band's first release was a self-titled demo tape, of which only 500 copies were made. The cassette was released independently in 2009. These were followed by 2010's Beyond Living EP, which was released independently and in part through Perrenial Records; 2011's Violence Now split-single, released on flexi-disc by Perrenial, featuring "White Light" by Carrie Keith (of Gun Outfit) as the b-side; and the Almost Live cassette tape, featuring a performance on Brian Turner's WFMU radio show, released independently in 2012. The band's first full-length LP, Cruise Your Illusion, was released on April 2, 2013.

In the spring of 2013, the band toured North America with Merchandise and Destruction Unit. The band also performed in Pitchfork Music Festival and Primavera Sound festival in 2012.

Musical style

The band's music is often compared to Hüsker Dü, Meat Puppets, and The Wipers, all of which they are influenced by. The band's other influences include Black Flag, Neil Young, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, The Gun Club, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Townes Van Zandt and Jimi Hendrix. The band's music is characterized by its fuzzy and melodic guitars, and lo-fi aesthetics, which can be likened to late-60's acid rock, 70's punk and hard rock, and 80's SST Records releases. The band has also occasionally been labeled as "grunge", a label which the frontman Alex Coxen adamantly dismisses.

Discography