Description:	CD on Release The Bats **CHEAP DEAL PRICE - BE QUICK!!!***
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental/Math/Noise Rock
	Label:	Release The Bats
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...according to our Ant on 31 January 2008.

I almost jumped out of my skin when I hit play on 'Let Your Friends In' by Warmer Milks. Immediately I assume this is gonna be a noise album but that's not the case. A few minutes into the first tune and the band enter heavy rock terrain with fairly lo-fi production values and black metal vox. Not the cacophony of blistering chaos implied by the opening few mins.The tempo is fairly upbeat but the overall feel is somewhat heavy, druggy and sludgy. It makes me feel a bit wobbly like. It's even slightly psychedelic and proggy at times. This wouldn't be out of place on the Load roster. The second and final (!) tune 'The Wanderer' has all sorts of weird guitar bits wandering in and out of the mix while a guitar chug holds the thing together. This sounds like it could be loosely improvised what with all the meandering. Percussion jingles are added into the brew and the occasional twang hints at funk. Sadly my fairly low attention span loses interest about 13 mins through the track but it suddenly becomes interesting again and holds my attention until the end. The painting on the front of the sleeve by Robert Beatty is gorgeous. May well appeal to fans of Sunburned Hand Of The Man. The vocals are somewhere between Alan Vega and that dude from Nautical Almanac.

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What their label says...

THE CURRENT LINE UP OF WARMER MILKS IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT IT WAS YESTERDAY OR WHAT IT IS TODAY. HELL, THERE IS TALK OF IT CHANGING UP FOR NEXT MONTH. BLAME THIS ON SCHIZOPHRENIA OR AN URGE TO NOT RUN IN CIRCLES BUT IT'S HOW THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE LOOSE GROUP. FOUNDER MICHAEL TURNER STARTED WARMER MILKS IN 2003 AND HAS REFUSED TO GO BACKWARDS REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE (OR IN HOUSE) OPINIONS SINCE IT'S INCEPTION. WARMER MILKS HAVE TOURED BY THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AS WELL WITH THE LIKES OF SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, ARBOURETUM, HOWLIN' RAIN AND OTHERS THE BAND DID AN EXTENSIVE TOUR THROUGHOUT EUROPE WINTER OF 2007 AND WILL BE BACK ON SAID CONTINENT SUMMER 2008. LET YOUR FRIENDS IN IS ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE MORE BRASH, AGGRESSIVE SIDE OF WARMER MILKS CATALOG. LEANING MORE TOWARDS SKATE PUNK AND BLACK METAL, THE GROUP TOUCHED ON INTENSITIES LEFT BEHIND FROM NERD CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RADISH ON LIGHT (TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED 2006) BUT WITH A MORE STREET ROCK CUM VOMITORIUM FEEL. THE FLIPSIDE TO THE FIRST TRACK IS A SPOOK GANG ROMPER, DRUMLESS YET STILL PUNCHING THE WALLS WITH A FORCE NO OTHER ROCK CAN MANAGE. THE "LET YOUR FRIENDS IN" SESSIONS WENT DOWN IN SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKEE AT ROVE STUDIOS HOME TO ENGINEER PAUL OLDHAM (SPEED TO ROAM, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY BAND, EX-BROADCAST CHOIR AND ROYAL TRUX) WHERE VARIOUS MEMBERS PRESENT DURING THE "SOFT WALKS" SESSIONS (COMING MARCH 2008, ANIMAL DISGUISE) TOOK TIME TO RECORD THIS SCORCHER. FEATURING USUAL WM ATTENDEES MICHAEL TURNER AND GREG BACKUS THE TWO LENGTHY CUTS ON "LET YOUR FRIENDS IN" ALSO BOASTS THE ADDITION OF SHAWN DAVID MCMILLEN (AUSTIN, TX SOLO ARTIST, IRON KITE MEMBER AND FORMER MEMBER OF ASH CASTLES) ON GUITAR AND PAUL O. ON DEAD WAH GUITAR. WHERE THE GROUP HAS FLIRTED WITH HEAVY ROCK IN THE PAST, IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT GROUP NOW OWNS HEAVY ROCK. YES, STRAP THIS ONE ON! LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.