Perth indie acoustic rockers The Milkmen have dropped the first taste of their recent recording sessions at John Butler Studio with engineer Jarrad Wheildon – their new single & the stunning cinematic Official Music Video for ‘Didn’t Catch Your Name’ are out now via WA indie label Doomity Records.
In this interview spotlight, I chat with The Milkmen about the latest music, challenges, technology and more.
Full Q&A along with links and music below.
Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.)
Conor and I are both from England originally, but we have lived in Perth, Australia since we were kids, Marco is Australian. We create many different styles of music, but it can all loosely fit under acoustic rock. We just aim to create raw and honest music with the musical intensity to match the lyrics.
What led you down this path of music and what motivates you to keep going?
We started the band as part of a college project and had lots of fun doing it. We carried on doing it because we feel we have something worth listening to.
How is this new release different than previous ones? Were you trying to accomplish anything specific?
With our new single ‘Didn’t Catch Your Name’ we wanted to build the team behind it and ramp up the Marketing and Publicity. We joined forces with Doomity Records and Reservoir PR + Mgmt to help us get the track out there. We also went a step further this time and brought on board an awesome local director Emile M Smith to direct the music video. We have done small scale videos before but nothing on this cinematic scale, you can check it out on YouTube.
Name one or two challenges you face as an indie musician in this oversaturated, digital music age? How has technology helped you (since we know it does help)?
I do miss the days where people would buy your album and have it on repeat in the car for months, but there are benefits and challenges presented by both mediums. We released the new single digital only this time. People mainly get their music from platforms such as Spotify now so it’s all about being on the right playlists, there is no manufacture costs with digital but unless an artist gets millions of streams per month, they don’t see much money at all from their artwork. Digital has provided the opportunity for our music to be instantly shared across the world, which is something that was not previously possible.
What was the last song you listened to?
Everlong by Foo Fighters
Which do you prefer? Vinyl? CDs? MP3s?
They all have their benefits to me,
Vinyl for sound, CDs for the booklets and MP3s for convenience.
I mainly listen to MP3s on my phone but CDs in my car.
How about this one…. Do you prefer Spotify? Apple Music? Bandcamp? Or something else? Why?
Spotify, not sure why, I haven’t really used the others much.
Where is the best place to connect with you online and discover more music?
Connect with us on Facebook @themiilkmen01 or Instagram @themilkmenband.
Find all our music releases including our previous two albums on most streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and all good digital retailers.
Anything else before we sign off?
Thank you Indie Music Discovery and to our readers, we hope you all like the new track – Didn’t Catch your Name.
