With their blend of bluesy-rock, Milk are fast making a name for themselves in the Irish music scene. Based in Dublin, the pop-rock band also thrive on blues and soul, which brings their own unique style to a scene that is so filled with much of the same music.
Each track on their debut EP holds it’s own character, but stays with the same Milk sound. ‘Try’, the title track is a humble song and brings listeners into the smooth vocals and strong hooks in the bass line, and which is the stand out track for me, personally. Leads into ‘Weak In The Knees’, which has an easy tone like any song should have, together with a memorable chorus. Next up is ‘Why Do You Ask’ and this is the perfect soul song, as it is gentle in all the right places. Last, ‘Up The Hill’ which brings a much different edge to the band, perhaps even a heavier style, with more guitar and bass lines.
I caught up with Conall to talk about the band…
First of all, who are in the band?
There’s Garrett on rhythm guitar, Fogo on drums, me (Conall) on bass and vocals, and Donal on lead guitar & vocals.
There’s Garrett on rhythm guitar, Fogo on drums, me (Conall) on bass and vocals, and Donal on lead guitar & vocals.
When, where and how did the band happen?
The four of us all went to the same school, yet knew of us knew each other. Me and Donal are brothers and had played in a couple of different bands separately but around two years ago we started writing songs together. We auditioned a couple of drummers until we played with Fogo and we thought his funk-style of drumming would really suit the type of music we wanted to make. Then Fogo suggested that we have a jam with Garrett on guitar and he helped to fill out our sound a lot!
The four of us all went to the same school, yet knew of us knew each other. Me and Donal are brothers and had played in a couple of different bands separately but around two years ago we started writing songs together. We auditioned a couple of drummers until we played with Fogo and we thought his funk-style of drumming would really suit the type of music we wanted to make. Then Fogo suggested that we have a jam with Garrett on guitar and he helped to fill out our sound a lot!
How did you come up with the name?
Myself and Donal were listening to alot of Eric Clapton’s old band ‘Cream’ at the time, and the name ‘Milk’ popped up out of that, which seemed like a good idea at the time! It’s not the best name in the world, but it’s easy to remember!
Myself and Donal were listening to alot of Eric Clapton’s old band ‘Cream’ at the time, and the name ‘Milk’ popped up out of that, which seemed like a good idea at the time! It’s not the best name in the world, but it’s easy to remember!
Biggest influences?
A lot of people say we sound like John Mayer which is a fairly heavy influence to us on our EP, but we also listen to a lot of other stuff. Fogo is big into the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Garrett likes The Beach Boys, whereas I like Marvin Gaye. Donal’s listening to a lot of Prince at the moment too. All in all, we listen to a lot of soul, funk, blues and even a bit of hip-hop like The Roots, Nate Dogg and Warren G!
A lot of people say we sound like John Mayer which is a fairly heavy influence to us on our EP, but we also listen to a lot of other stuff. Fogo is big into the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Garrett likes The Beach Boys, whereas I like Marvin Gaye. Donal’s listening to a lot of Prince at the moment too. All in all, we listen to a lot of soul, funk, blues and even a bit of hip-hop like The Roots, Nate Dogg and Warren G!
Biggest achievement so far?
We’ve had a couple of highlights, like playing Dublin Soul Festival 2010 and The Academy main stage for Phantom’s First Friday. We also got short-listed for The Most Promising Artist at the Meteors in 2010, which is definitely up there at the top!
We’ve had a couple of highlights, like playing Dublin Soul Festival 2010 and The Academy main stage for Phantom’s First Friday. We also got short-listed for The Most Promising Artist at the Meteors in 2010, which is definitely up there at the top!
What would you hope to achieve with the band?
I think we all might have slightly different goals, but mine would be to play to decent size crowds who really like our music. Having enough money to pay for all the expensive things (like recording and equipment) would be nice too!
I think we all might have slightly different goals, but mine would be to play to decent size crowds who really like our music. Having enough money to pay for all the expensive things (like recording and equipment) would be nice too!
Why should people listen to you?
I think at the moment there isn’t enough variety on the Irish music scene. For example, you’ll hear a lot about ‘indie’ bands. I suppose we might be for the person who’s into the bluesier, funkier, soulful side of music, and also maybe those into pop-rock because there is a lot of that in our music too. Also if you’re into guitar solos you might like our songs!
I think at the moment there isn’t enough variety on the Irish music scene. For example, you’ll hear a lot about ‘indie’ bands. I suppose we might be for the person who’s into the bluesier, funkier, soulful side of music, and also maybe those into pop-rock because there is a lot of that in our music too. Also if you’re into guitar solos you might like our songs!
Describe the band in one word.
Honest!
Honest!
Just what we like to hear!
With a name like theirs, finding Milk on the internet these days might be a tad difficult, so check them out
here and on Facebook here!
And make sure to catch them on one of their shows across Ireland!
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