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Milo Greene
Milo Greene is not real. However, the fictitious character that is Milo Greene is very much alive.
His makers perceive him as an intellectual entrepreneur. In his poised and dignified manner, he keeps things close to the vest and lets everyone know who’s boss. He is exactly the type of man you would want to represent you in any business venture…and that is exactly why he was created.
In the DIY music world, having proper representation is key. Lacking an actual manager, college classmates Andrew Heringer, Robbie Arnett, and Marlana Sheetz concocted a virtual one – Milo Greene – to promote their individual musical efforts. It wasn’t until 2009 that the three began creating music together. While house sitting in the isolated Northern California foothills, the trio wrote and recorded a handful of songs. Seeking a name for their new venture, they thought it only natural to pay tribute to the fake manager/booking agent that had represented them throughout their college years: Milo Greene.
Eventually Heringer and Sheetz moved to Southern California, where Arnett was living. There, they added Graham Fink (formerly of ‘The Outline’) and Curtis Marrero (formerly of Arnett’s band ‘Links’). The five-piece made a habit of escaping periodically to desolate West Coast locations to continue the story they had started.
“We had no TV, no Internet, we had a fire going, and we had to hush the dogs,” Arnett says, acknowledging that the environment probably accounted for their music’s pastoral feel, as well as its meticulous attention to detail. Sheetz concurs: “Every place we’ve made music has been isolated, and it has certainly helped us focus.”
Milo Greene’s formal recording sessions for their self-titled debut with co-producer Ryan Hadlock (Ra Ra Riot, Blonde Redhead, The Gossip, The Lumineers) followed suit; they took place at Bear Creek Studio, a converted circa-1900 barn in the country near Seattle.
“We set out to make the album a cohesive piece, something that takes you from Point A to Point B,” Arnett says, “which is maybe not the brightest thing to do in a singles world, but …” Heringer finishes the thought: “Every song does stand on its own, so you never know what to expect sonically or emotionally.”
Milo Greene is a collection of voices that live and breathe simultaneously with the breadth of an omniscient, collective consciousness. The melodies invoke long drives down the California coast and the feeling of leaving home. There is something meditative about it, as though it asks to be listened to alone and given one’s full attention. Guitar lines swell and recede as ocean waves would. A slight dissonance can be sensed underneath a seemingly passive exterior; a tension can be found in passing tones that evoke jazz harmony and the sense of waiting for something really big to happen, a sense of growing inevitably older while grasping at the threads of youth.
The themes explored on Milo Greene’s Chop Shop/Atlantic Records debut are timeless: a quest for permanence, a longing for virtue, a need for reciprocity in all that is good. “When, when, when we’re older / Can I still come over?” the band asks in “Silent Way,” looking hopefully into the future. It’s a future less daunting when faced with the strong bond imagined in the song “Don’t You Give Up on Me,” with its solemn vow “I’ll go wherever you go.”
Those songs, along with the embraceable “Autumn Tree” and “Cutty Love” embody the simple notion that, not unlike the way the quintet makes music, we are all in this together. “We all long to be comforted and secure,” Arnett says. “If our music sounds nostalgic, it’s for the times in our lives we felt that way. If we sound hopeful, it’s because we want to feel that way again.”
Says Fink: “We’re all in our 20s, but we’ve all had past lives. We’re coming to this band from a place where we lived out other dreams. And especially at the age we had them, we didn’t really see an endpoint. We saw the sky as being the limit.”
Wielding four-part harmonies and indelible melodies over sprawling, percussive arrangements, there is no lead singer of Milo Greene. They work powerfully as a team, yet each member is unique and can stand on their own.
“Four of us were lead singers in our previous projects,” Arnett says, “so we really have no focal point, no lead melody writer or lyricist. Everything is Milo.”
Their fictitious character, Milo Greene, is British, they muse, and well versed in art and history, with eclectic tastes in music. The kind of guy who wears a three-piece suit even when it’s hot, and has a record player in every room.
“I think he would be a big fan of our music …” Arnett says.
Fink interjects: “But only because he’s very vain.”
Milo Greene’s Self-Titled Debut Album Set For July 17 Release
On Chop Shop/Atlantic Records
North American Headlining Tour Launches May 17 And Includes
Shows At L.A.’s Troubadour And NYC’s Mercury Lounge
Band Will Also Play Dates With The Civil Wars
And Perform At Lollapalooza
On July 17, Chop Shop/Atlantic Records will release the self-titled debut album from Los Angeles-based quintet Milo Greene. See below for track listing. Esquire placed Milo Greene on its list of “2012′s Artists to Watch” and praised the collection’s first single, “1957,” noting:”the final 40 seconds offer what may go down as the most melodic vocal pile-up of 2012.” Entertainment Weekly’s tapped the track for its “Single Swap,” recommending it for fans of Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man.” You can check out the band performing “1957″ at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUazz0gML00
Milo Greene will kick off a North American headlining tour on May 17 at Soho in Santa Barbara. Stops include Los Angeles’ legendary Troubadour (6/23) and the Mercury Lounge in New York City (7/26). After supporting The Civil Wars on their 2011 U.S. tour, Milo Greene has been invited to play a pair of shows with the GRAMMY®-winning duo in late May. Milo Greene will also perform at Lollapalooza this August. See below for itinerary.
“Milo Greene makes folk-tinged music with perfectly blended male-female harmonies, but they marry that sound with thunderous live drums and infectious sing along choruses,” said NPR Music, singling out Milo Greene as one of the most promising new bands in its “Music We Missed in 2011″ post.
The LA Weekly, which named Milo Greene as one of five must-see L.A. bands at SXSW, said: “Following in the footsteps of groups like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes…the outfit blends complex harmonies with folk-pop, which has elicited comparisons to bands like Fleet Foxes and Local Natives.” “Milo Greene makes incredibly aware cinematic pop music that seems to pause at all the right moments: the ones that paw at those taut heartstrings to elicit the correct emotions,” observed The Portland Mercury.
Enlisting Ryan Hadlock (Ra Ra Riot, Blonde Redhead, The Gossip) as co-producer, Milo Greene retreated to Bear Creek Studio, a converted turn-of-the-century barn outside Seattle, to record its debut album. The setting clearly suited the band’s entrancing, emotional soundscapes. From the hypnotic “Autumn Tree” and shimmering “Don’t You Give Up On Me” to the infectious “1957″ and delicate “Silent Way,” Milo Greene’s ruminations on life and love are timeless, capturing subtle nuances and rendering them with complex harmonies and organic, richly textured instrumentation.
Milo Greene is: Robbie Arnett, Graham Fink, Andrew Heringer, Curtis Marrero and Marlana Sheetz.
Tracklisting – Milo Greene
1) What’s The Matter
2) Orpheus
3) Don’t You Give Up On Me
4) Perfectly Aligned
5) Silent Way
6) 1957
7) Wooden Antlers
8) Take A Step
9) Moddison
10) Cutty Love
11) Son My Son
12) Polaroid
13) Autumn Tree
Milo Greene – Upcoming Tour Dates
5/17 Santa Barbara, CA@ Soho
5/18 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
5/19 Phoenix, AZ@ The Rhythm Room
5/22 Denver, CO@ Larmier Lounge
5/23 Denver, CO@ Ogden Theater w/ The Civil Wars
5/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot w/The Civil Wars
6/23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
7/21 Atlanta, GA@ Drunken Unicorn
7/22 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
7/24 Washington, DC @ DC9
7/26 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
7/28 Boston, MA@ Middle East Upstairs
7/29 Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange
7/31 Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe
8/1 Buffalo, NY@ Mohawk
8/3-5 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/7 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
8/8 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
8/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Additional dates to be announced.
Milo Greene Announces West Coast Headlining Tour,
Launching February 7In Bellingham, WA
Band To Play Free Residency At The Satellite In Los Angeles
Debut LP, Recorded With Ryan Hadlock, Due Out In
Spring 2012 On Chop Shop/Atlantic Records
Los Angeles-based quintet Milo Greene, which recently signed to Chop Shop/Atlantic Records, will launch a West Coast headlining run at The Roost in Bellingham WA on February 7. The band will be joined on the road by special guest Family of the Year. Following these dates, Milo Greene will begin a three-week Los Angeles residency – with free admission – at The Satellite (formerly Spaceland). See below for upcoming dates.
The band, which toured with The Civil Wars, Grouplove and Belle Brigade in 2011, just finished recording its debut album at Bear Creek Studio near Seattle. The as-yet-untitled album, which the members of Milo Greene co-produced with Ryan Hadlock (Ra Ra Riot, Blonde Redhead, The Gossip), will be released in Spring of 2012, coinciding with the launch of an extensive U.S. tour that will include a stop at SXSW.
“The music of the new L.A. quintet blends two-, three- and four-part harmonies, serpentine folk-pop melodies and agitated beats into songs that rejoice a little, ache a little and leave sepia-toned images in your head when they’re through,” said Buzzbands.la while NPR noted: “Milo Greene makes folk-tinged music with perfectly blended male-female harmonies, but they marry that sound with thunderous live drums and infectious sing along choruses.”
The band’s first single, “1957,” was released as a limited edition white vinyl 7″ backed with “Silent Way.” The song was featured as part of Entertainment Weekly’s “Single Swap,” recommending the song to anybody who likes Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man.” Check that out here:
http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/11/25/singles-swap-best-new-music/
Milo Greene were also recently given the honor of being named one of NPR’s best new bands from 2011 as part of their “Music We Missed in 2011″ post, which you can see at the link below:
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/28/144149377/intern-uprising-music-we-missed-in-2011
Band members Robbie Arnett, Andrew Heringer and Marlana Sheetz met in college, where they created a character named Milo Greene, sending out emails in his name to promote their creative endeavors. After graduation, Heringer and Sheetz moved to the San Francisco area for a time. Despite the distance, they began demoing songs with Arnett. As the songs came together, Curtis Marrero, who had played with Arnett in Links, and Graham Fink (formerly of the Outline) were enticed to join and the quartet took the name Milo Greene.
Milo Greene Tour Dates
Feb 7 – Bellingham, WA @ The Roost
Feb 8 – Seattle, WA @ The High Dive
Feb 9 – Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
Feb 10 – Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp
Feb 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall
Feb 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite
Feb 15 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft at UCSD
Feb 16 – Stockton, CA @ University of the Pacific
Feb 17 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Muddy Waters
Feb 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite
Feb 24 – Monterey, CA @ CSU Monterey
Feb 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite
Milo Greene Announce Tour Dates Supporting The Civil Wars
Band Has Signed To Chop Shop/Atlantic Records
Cinematic indie popsters Milo Greene have announced tour dates in support of The Civil Wars this Fall. Beginning on October 7 in The Civil Wars’ homestate of Alabama, Milo Greene will play shows across the United States, including stops in New York City, Chicago, and Washington D.C. The tour ends just in time for Thanksgiving, with a November 19 show in the five-piece indie outfit’s hometown of Los Angeles at the majestic Wiltern Theater. For a full list of dates, please see below.
Milo Greene are also happy to announce their recent signing to Chop Shop/Atlantic Records, and plan on going into the studio this fall to begin recording for their highly anticipated debut full-length LP, which is expected to be out sometime in the Spring of 2012.
Recently, KCRW offered a free download of the band’s debut single, “1957″ on July 21st, and that evening the band played a free show at the Hammer Museum with Grouplove as part of the “Also I Like To Rock” summer concert series, presented by The Hammer Museum and KCRW and curated by Buzz Bands LA.
On August 27th, Milo Greene will release their debut single, “1957″/”Silent Way,” as a 7″ and play the Hotel Café stage at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Silverlake, CA. A pre-sale is currently underway at http://milogreene.com for the single, which will be pressed on white vinyl in a limited edition of 500. “1957″ can be heard in the new Levi’s® Shape What’s to Come web series. You can see the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOw9t1PbfLw.
Band members Robbie Arnett, Andrew Heringer and Marlana Sheetz met while studying at the University of California-Irvine, where they created a character named Milo Greene, sending out emails in his name to promote their creative endeavors. After graduation, Heringer and Sheetz moved to the San Francisco area for a time. Despite the distance, they began demoing songs with Arnett. As the songs came together, Curtis Marrero, who had played with Arnett in Links, and Graham Fink (formerly of the Outline) were enticed to join and the quartet took the name Milo Greene.
Milo Greene Tour Dates
Oct 7 – Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre
Oct 8 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
Oct 9 – Decatur, GA @ Press Hall at Agnes Scott College
Oct 11 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge*
Oct 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade*
Oct 19 – Charlotte, NC @ McGlohon Theatre
Oct 20 – Durham, NC @ Page Auditorium at Duke University
Oct 21 – Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater
Oct 22 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater
Oct 23 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
Oct 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Oct 27 – New York City, NY @ Town Hall
Oct 29 – Montreal @ Amphitheatre du Gesu
Nov 1 – Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Nov 2 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
Nov 3 – Columbus, OH @ Lincoln Theatre
Nov 4 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
Nov 6 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Nov 8 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Nov 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre: Minneapolis
Nov 13 – Vancouver @ Vogue Theater
Nov 14 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune
Nov 15 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Nov 18 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theater
Nov 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
Nov 20 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
*With Grouplove and Belle Brigade
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