Out of all the nine tracks I produced for Ape last year this is my personal favourite.
It’s got this strange dark undercurrent going on- with monks chanting and a lot of dissonance-some people find it quite hard to listen to but it seems absolutely perfect to me—balanced-but just teetering on the edge of disaster.
I played it to someone once in headphones and they said it felt like their head was being pulled apart!! Someone else described it in a blog as sounding like “making filthy love in a railway arch, whilst on acid, in 1940s New York”. Which of course I was thrilled by.
When it was in its early days as a bunch of unconnected noises put together by me and Andy, I played it to some other singers to see if they were interested in contributing to it- the reaction was “no- its shit!!”.- hahah – But Jen took these completely random bits of music and glued them into something completely different. From then on it just needed organizing and arranging. I spent months lovingly tweaking and moving it about in a dark obsessive manner.
The video came about as I was messing about watching old cartoons and simultaneously listening to music. I slowed down a Little Audrey cartoon from 1949 to half speed and it’s as if it was made for it- quite spooky really.
It’s on the Hard Listening EP which of course everyone should buy.
Posted by steve at September 2nd, 2010 5:19 am | Add Comment
This video was shot in the wild open countryside of Sussex. ‘Incredible Visions’ is taken from The Milk & Honey Bands latest album Dog Eared Moonlight. BUY
The band will be appearing at the Bestival on The Isle Of Wight, 11th September 09 on the bandstand stage at midday.
BBC Radio 1’s Rob da Bank is curating the whole event so catch TMHB live, where they’ll be performing tracks from Dog Eared Moonlight.
Posted by steve at September 1st, 2009 11:23 am | 2 Comments
Part 2 of Robert Whites podcast, where he talks about the making of the Dog Eared Moonlight album, including how the legendary guitarist B.J Cole came to be on the album. Buy
Dog Eared Moonlight Pt 2 [18:03m]:
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Posted by steve at June 9th, 2009 6:40 am | 1 Comment
Watch the stunning short film shot in the deepest Sussex countryside for The Milk & Honey Bands forthcoming single ‘Mary Faith Autumn’.
Classic Rock’s Johnny Dee reviewed the Dog Eared Moonlight album BUY as -
” An album that shift gears between Crowded House at their most majestic and the authentic melancholly that proved so successful for David Gray.Wonderful.”
Posted by steve at May 12th, 2009 3:47 am | 2 Comments
Released on 23th February DOWNLOAD for FREE your copy now and get a bonus unreleased track ‘Mind’
‘Disappear’ is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Dog Eared Moonlight’ which is already receiving many plaudits from the music press.
‘Everyman pop that’s due an everyman audience’ RECORD COLLECTOR ****
‘A masterclass in classy songwriting’ ANDY GILL INDEPENDENT ***
‘10 songs of finely wrought, melodic English rock’ Q ***
‘Stomper’ UNCUT ***
‘Blissful’ WORD
‘Sumptuous’ LATEST
Pre order your copy of the album on CD before 9th March and get the whole album free as a mp3 at the time you place your order.
Posted by steve at February 23rd, 2009 8:29 am | Add Comment
In this, the first of two podcasts, The Milk and Honey Band frontman Robert White gives you a fascinating insight into the influences and inspirations behind the recording of their brand new album DOG EARED MOONLIGHT.
The album is released on 9th March, so go to the Ape store now where you can pre order your CD and get a FREE digital copy of the album to download straight away.
The single ‘Disappear’ will be available FREE to download from 23rd February.
The Making Of Dog Eared Moonlight pt1 [14:21m]:
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Posted by steve at February 12th, 2009 7:30 am | 4 Comments
Watch the video of the song ‘Disappear’, the forthcoming free single available from this site from 23rd February. One of the many highlights from the new album Dog Eared Moonlight released 9th March.
Frontman Robert White say’s ‘We wanted to do something very simple that actually resembled us playing the song as we would play it in rehearsal. So what better way than filming it where we rehearse… it looked a little too realistic until we made it black and white and zapped it through the ‘Anton Corbijn Filter’ and suddenly it looked quite moody and posh.’
The video was shot and directed by Robert and Jan and edited by Robert.’
Posted by steve at February 4th, 2009 9:56 am | 1 Comment
An exclusive brand new track ‘Just You’ from the yet-to-be-titled forthcoming album from The Milk & Honey Band. The video was filmed in California (United States) and edited in Bob’s own studio at home in Brighton (England).
Posted by steve at June 6th, 2007 4:44 am | 12 Comments
Listen to The Milk & Honey Bands main songwriter Robert White, as he takes you on a guided tour through their Ape debut album The Secret Life Of…
From his Brighton studio Robert unfolds the stories behind the songs of this magical album.
To reveal The Secret Life Of The Milk And Honey Band for yourself you can buy the album here.
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Posted by steve at April 20th, 2007 5:35 am | 6 Comments
