View basket “Restrictions” 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 Bruce Springsteen Letter To You Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 23rd October 2020 £30.00 - £33.00 Select options Bruce Springsteen Letter To You £30.00 - £33.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 23rd October 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Eagulls Ullages (Coloured Vinyl) Rock And Pop | Partisan Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th May 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eagulls Ullages (Coloured Vinyl) £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Partisan Records SKU: PTKF2134-1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Groundhogs Blues Obituary Blues | Akarma | 1LP Released 9th May 2024 £25.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Groundhogs Blues Obituary £25.00 Genre: Blues Label: Akarma SKU: nn286447 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th May 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Roger Bunn Piece Of Mind Rock And Pop | Wah Wah | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 31st July 2010 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roger Bunn Piece Of Mind £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wah Wah SKU: LPS084 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 31st July 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Dylan & The Band Basement Tapes Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 23rd December 2011 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan & The Band Basement Tapes £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP429 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 23rd December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kate Bush Aerial Rock And Pop | Fish People | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th November 2023 £42.00 - £45.00 Select options Kate Bush Aerial £42.00 - £45.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fish People Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th November 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Kid Koala Music To Draw To: Io Rock And Pop | Arts & Crafts | 2LP Released 25th January 2019 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kid Koala Music To Draw To: Io £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Arts & Crafts SKU: AC166LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Judee Sill Heart Food Rock And Pop | Intervention Records | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 25th August 2017 £68.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Judee Sill Heart Food £68.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Intervention Records SKU: IR017 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Zefur Wolves Zefur Wolves Rock And Pop | Strangetown Records | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th July 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Zefur Wolves Zefur Wolves £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Strangetown Records SKU: STR023LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sex Pistols The Original Recordings Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMC | 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th May 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sex Pistols The Original Recordings £30.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMC Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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