Genres Indie | Genre Indie rock | |
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Associated acts The Rubbish, The Word Association Website www.milltownbrothers.co.uk Members Matt Nelson
Simon Nelson
James Fraser
Barney Williams
Nian Brindle Origin Colne, United Kingdom (1989) Albums The Best Of, Long Road, Slinky, Valve Record labels A&M Records, Cherry Red Records, Stanley Records Similar The Waltones, The Mock Turtles, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Man from Delmonte, Jamie Wednesday Profiles |
Milltown brothers which way should i jump
Milltown Brothers are an English Indie band from Colne, Lancashire.
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Career
Their first release, in 1989, was the "Coming From The Mill" EP which became single of the week in the NME magazine, and featured the songs "Roses", "We've Got Time" and "Something On My Mind". The same publication tipped Milltown Brothers for stardom in the 1990s, along with The Hoovers, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Charlatans, The Mock Turtles and New Fast Automatic Daffodils.
The band's second indie single was "Which Way Should I Jump", with "Silvertown" as the B-side. After the band signed to A&M Records worldwide in 1990, "Which Way Should I Jump?" was re-recorded and charted in the UK Singles Chart at number 38, and reached number 10 in the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock chart.
An album, called Slinky, followed. It peaked at number 27 in the UK Albums Chart. The next single released from the album was "Here I Stand", which was also used as the theme tune for the television programme, Preston Front. It peaked at number 41 in the UK Singles Chart. They were supported on the tour to promote this album by the Beware the Green Monkey, fronted by Bruce Thomas with Paul Chapman on bass.
In 1993 the band released the album Valve. It was not as successful as Slinky and they left the A&M label. It took ten years for the band to work together again, but in March 2004, they released their third studio album, Rubberband, which was released on their own label and made available at their website.
In 2015 Milltown Brothers released their new album Long Road in the summer of 2015 it was released on their own record label.
Line-up
Albums
Songs
Which Way Should I Jump?Slinky · 1991
Apple GreenSlinky · 1991
Here I StandSlinky · 1991