View basket “Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors” has been added to your basket. Automatic Mildlife SKU: HVNLP182 Barcode: 5400863032487 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Heavenly Released Date: 18th September 2020 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info When Mildlife’s debut album, Phase, was released in 2018 it didn’t so much explode on to the scene as ooze. Their mellifluous mix of jazz, krautrock and, perhaps more pertinently, demon grooves, was the word of mouth sensation of that year among open – minded DJs and diggers searching for the perfect beat. Their emergen ce was backed up by European tours that demonstrated a riotously loose – limbed approach to performance that was every bit as thrilling as Phase’s tantalising promise. What was more impressive was how lightly they wore influences that took in Can, Patrick Ad ams and Jan Hammer Group, while primarily sounding precisely like Mildlife. By the end of 2018 they’d been nominees for Best Album at the Worldwide FM Awards (Worldwide’s Gilles Peterson was a notable champion) and won Best Electronic Act at The Age Music Victoria Awards back home in Melbourne. Their progress post – Phase was cemented with a UK deal with Jeff Barrett’s Heav- enly, who released How Long Does It Take? replete with Cosmic doyen Baldelli and Dionigi remixes, while last year they were officially a nointed by DJ Harvey when he included The Magnificent Moon on his Pikes compilation Mercury Rising Vol II. With Automatic, the band have made a step – change from their debut. It’s more disciplined, directional and arguably more danceable. As on Phase, the y are unafraid to let a track luxuriate in length without ever suc- cumbing to self – indulgence. The arrangements, tightly structured thanks to Tom Shanahan (bass) and Jim Rindfleish’s fatback drumming, permit space for the others to add spice to the stew, to pped off with Kevin McDowell’s ethereal vocals as Mildlife effortlessly glide between live performance and studio songwriting. “The recorded songs kind of become the new reference point for playing the songs live,’ says Kevin. “They both have different out comes and we make our decisions for each based on that, but they’re symbiotic and they both influence each other. It’s usually a fairly natural flow from live to recorded back to live.” With the current climate as it is, opportunities to take this album o ut into the live arena where the band truly come alive, might well be scant, but they are working on ways around this. “We were hoping to visit new places with this album but that’s required a bit of rethink. We have a lot more videos planned for this year and we’ll be doing shows in Australia when things re – open but it’s still all just wait and see for now.” One thing’s for sure, post – lockdown will be one hell of a party. The centrepiece of Automatic is the title track where the band sound like Kraftwerk and Herbie Hancock on quarantined lockdown in Bob Moog’s Trumansburg workshop. It’s both a departure and quintessentially Mildlife. This is music you can dance to rather than ‘dance music’ and it’s all the better for it. – Bill Brewster Artist Mildlife Genre Rock And Pop Label Heavenly Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Rare Air 00:06:53 2 Vapour 00:04:23 3 Downstream 00:06:21 4 Citations 00:08:51 5 Memory Palace 00:06:42 6 Automatic 00:08:41 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mildlife and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Mildlife Chorus Rock And Pop | Heavenly | 1LP Released 1st March 2024 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mildlife Chorus £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Heavenly SKU: HVNLP222 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mildlife Live from South Channel Island Jazz | Heavenly | 2LP Released 29th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mildlife Live from South Channel Island £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Heavenly SKU: HVNLP199 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mildlife Vapour Electronica | Heavenly | 12", Single Released 30th October 2020 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mildlife Vapour £10.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Heavenly SKU: HVN570 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 30th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fastball All The Pain Money Can Buy Rock And Pop | Omnivore Recordings | 2LP Released 9th November 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fastball All The Pain Money Can Buy £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Omnivore Recordings SKU: 0816651011582 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Esben And The Witch A New Nature Rock And Pop | Nostromo | 2LP Released 8th September 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Esben And The Witch A New Nature £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nostromo SKU: NSTRM001LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Plastics 5 Dreams Rock And Pop | Paper Bag | 1LP Released 10th July 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Plastics 5 Dreams £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Paper Bag SKU: PAPER131LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View ESP Summer Kingdom Of Heaven Rock And Pop | Disciples | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Poster Released 8th October 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders ESP Summer Kingdom Of Heaven £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Disciples SKU: REDISC3 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Poster Released Date: 8th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tenacious D The Pick Of Destiny Rock And Pop | We Are Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th August 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tenacious D The Pick Of Destiny £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 88985438501 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cavetown Sleepyhead Rock And Pop | Warner Bros | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th March 2020 £33.00 Select options Cavetown Sleepyhead £33.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Bros Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Billy Bragg The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023 Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP, 3LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 27th October 2023 £23.00 - £50.00 Select options Billy Bragg The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023 £23.00 - £50.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: 1LP, 3LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Joni Mitchell Hejira (SACD) Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | SACD Release Date TBC £46.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Joni Mitchell Hejira (SACD) £46.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: CMFSA2275 Formats: SACD Released Date: Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avalanches, The Since I Left You 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Rock And Pop | XL Recordings | 4LP Released 4th June 2021 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avalanches, The Since I Left You 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition £50.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: XL Recordings SKU: XL1164LPX Formats: 4LP Released Date: 4th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View FIZZ The Secret To Life Rock And Pop | Decca | 1LP Released 27th October 2023 £26.00 - £30.00 Select options FIZZ The Secret To Life £26.00 - £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Decca Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Select options See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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