View basket “The Fox” 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 Jesse Malin Glitter In The Gutter Rock And Pop | Wicked Cool | 1LP Released 30th September 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jesse Malin Glitter In The Gutter £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wicked Cool SKU: WKC938491 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Move, The Looking On Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 12th May 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Move, The Looking On £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1625 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eleni Mandell Artificial Fire Rock And Pop | 1LP Released 24th June 2009 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eleni Mandell Artificial Fire £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop SKU: ZED006LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Braids Flourish // Perish Electronica | Full Time Hobby | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 24th August 2013 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Braids Flourish // Perish £15.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH181LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 24th August 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Priya Ragu Santhosam Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th October 2023 £28.00 - £30.00 Select options Priya Ragu Santhosam £28.00 - £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th October 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Tegan and Sara Still Jealous Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 1LP Released 24th June 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tegan and Sara Still Jealous £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records SKU: 0093624876939 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View New Order Movement – Definitive Edition Rock And Pop | Rhino | Box Set Released 5th April 2019 £108.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders New Order Movement – Definitive Edition £108.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0190295662882 Formats: Box Set Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Jackson Bad – Picture disc Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 24th August 2018 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Jackson Bad – Picture disc £31.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075866431 Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View New Pornographers, The Brill Bruisers Rock And Pop | Matador | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 21st August 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders New Pornographers, The Brill Bruisers £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador SKU: OLE10478 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 21st August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Yann Tiersen Dust Lane Rock And Pop | Mute | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 11th October 2010 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yann Tiersen Dust Lane £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mute SKU: STUMM324 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 11th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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