Wah Wah 45s are proud to present Don’t Give Up The Night, the new single by The Milk, taken from their forthcoming second album Favourite Worry, released this October.
Sometimes it takes a few bumps to find the right direction; often it involves experience, guts and self-belief to trust yourself and venture from one to find another. The Milk are a band that believe with utter conviction that they’ve now found their way.
Tufnell Park
Fuelled by a rediscovery of the music and artists that originally inspired their formation, the four walls of their studio were ablaze with a soundtrack of Bill Withers, Isaac Hayes and the Isley Brothers throughout the songwriting process for their new album.
Eager to share their new songs, Deliver Me was released as a limited 7″ single in November 2014 – finding its way onto the playlists of BBC 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne, Huey Morgan and Gilles Peterson – while The Milk’s dedicated fans packed out Tufnell Park’s The Dome for the band’s triumphant live return. The band unveiled their new songs in full for the first time to an intimate sold out show at Hackney’s Oslo in July.
The Bees’ Paul Butler, who proved his production mastery with Michael Kiwanuka’s Mercury Prize nominated debut, invited the band to record at Chale Abbey, a medieval barn on the Isle of Wight. Guided by Butler, the sessions captured the genuine version of The Milk – the sounds and honesty of soul.
Reactions
“Lovely & flamboyant soul, jazz music” Chris Martin , Amazing Radio (UK)
“I feel this souley funky beats laiden tunage !!!!! 5/5” Anthony (Aja) Allsop, Ketch A Vibe (UK)
“Really good. Looking forward to the LP.” Kev Beadle, Solar Radio/Various (UK)
“Hot track, can’t wait for the album. 5/5” Robert Lochmann aka DJ Jazzmadass, Radio X (Frankfurt, Germany)
“Malade!!!” Jean-Luc Godard, CKDU 88.1 (Canada)
“Intensive Song with nice melody.” Stefan Guther, Funkhaus Europa Radio Station (Germany).
“Like this a lot and look forward to a great album if this sampler is to go by” Paul ‘ABBO’Abbott, Stomp Radio (UK)
“Awesome” Francesco Adinolfi, Radio2 Rai, Manifesto Newspaper (Italy)
“This is lovely. Can’t wait for the full album.” Aly Gillani / DJ Gilla, First Word Records (Albania)
“Just in the nick of time, (as Batman probably wouldn’t say). It will squeeze into this month’s theme.” Dan Wesker, Detektor FM (Germany)
“Magnific atmosphere!” Electric Brother, Retroelectro Radio Show (Romania)
“One of Wah wah 45’s best releases over the years! 5/5” Georgios Paroglou, Label Manager/DJ (Greece)
“Well produced, kicking tune ! Full support … ! 5/5” Lorenzo al Dino, Lust & Leben Magazin (Music Kolumne), Royal Plastic Radio Show (Spain)
“Love this!!!” Jamal Ahmad, Jazz 91.9fm WCLK (Atlanta, USA)
“Sounding wonderful as ever! Will give the fullest of my support! xx 5/5” Ross Wakefield, Hideout Sessions/Part-Time Heroes/Frankson (UK)
“Great tune. 5/5” Tobi Kirsch, Fazemag (Germany)
“Real instruments & nice slice of blue-eyed, jazzy soul!” Dave Gregory, Solar Radio (UK)
“Beautiful tune; well done. 5/5” Velanche, Urban Landscapes (USA)
“Absolutely love this band. Cannot wait for the album!” Pete Steel, Brum Radio (UK)
“Kind of Mark Ronson feeling of his old production. A radio tune.”Mari Kimura, J-WAVE (Japan)
“Keep up the good work! 5/5” Sammy W and Alex, Tobus (Romania)
“This is great…5/5” David Bassin, FreeFall/KUSF (USA)
“Nice production (little wonder, dig the Bees’ output) and lovely vocals. Looking forward to giving this an airing on radio this week.” Paris Pompor Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media (Australia)
“Nice tune. Will support.” Toshio Matsuura, InterFM (Japan)
“FUCKING TOP TUNE THIS IS.. AWESOME. 5/5” Allan Skov, DJ (Denmark)
“Melodic & uplifting modern soul tune :)” Selector Stiliya, Love & Happiness Music (Bulgaria)
“I can’t wait for this album to hit the shelves stunning track that will be adorning both my radio and club sets. 5/5” Andy Sharp, Stomp Radio (UK)
“One of my fav tracks from a while … Support & love to Wah Wah 45s !!!!!” Corrado Bucci (Italy)
“I can hear how well they must be live.” Junior, Eavesdrop Radio – WKDU 91.7FM, Philly / Recordbreakin.com (USA)
“I like so much when ‘music’ is ‘music’!! Black Mighty Wax aka Cesare Cera, Radio Fujiko 103 (Italy) ”
“Full support as usual…. 5/5” Dr Bob Jones, Future Soul (UK)
“A new sound from The Milk. And it’s gorgeous! 5/5” Dobo Marzov, The “45 RPM” Radio Show, Radio Varna – part of the Bulgarian National Radio (Bulgaria)
“Anthem! What a tune! Excellent. Nuff said! 5/5” Oliver Korthals, The Mojo Radio Show, NDR FM 90.3 (Germany)
“Another quality track from The Milk, proper looking forward to the album!” Nick Rayman, Barricade Radio (UK)
“Big!!!” Dayo, Metro 97.7fm (Nigeria)
“Such an incredible band.” Sam Allen, Stellar Inflight Radio (Australia)
“What a great, stirring piece of music! Very nice! 5/5” Sven Thomschke, ‘Dr.Best’, Radio Z 95.8 (Germany)
“Pretty good one !!!” Mark Milz, “Further In Fusion”, Radio Corax 95.9fm (Germany)
“Cool track” Hector Pizarro/Chile con mix Radio Show (France)
“BIG! 5/5” Fritz, DJ & Substanz FM, Radio Muenchen (Germany)
“Yeah I’m feeling this track for sure. These guys are getting better and better with every release!! 5/5” Jeff Fellows aka Dj strangefellow (Indonesia)
“BEST THING I HEAVE HEARD IN A LONG FUCKING TIME !!!!” Dj Toon, Eastside Radio, (Australia)
“Love this. Sultry full of heart and soul. 5/5” David Kerslake, Whats Hot Radio (UK)
“You’ve teased us too much now… let’s be having the album 😉 5/5” Simon Harrison, Basic Soul Radio Show (UK)
“Nice to hear from this guys again!” Ivan Mera, Higher Street Radio Show (Spain)
Toshio Matsuura – InterFM 76.1MHz TOKYO
David Bassin – KUSF, LA
Mans Stromberg – Radio Helsinki
