Pet Milk come from serveral well know Philadelphia acts like Brown Recluse (of the all knowing Slumberland Records), Paint It Black (of Jade Tree fame), and Pink Coffins.

Hearing the Pet Milk demo for the first time was really a surreal experience for me, and specifically “Cherry Outline” the opening track.   This song brings together so much of what I love, and from a wide range of the spectrum.  I hear bits of things like the Field Mice and Veronica Lake, Piebald (I mean Piebald in their hay day, When Life Hands You Lemons Piebald…and not the vocals, but really the guitar), Evergreen and the Hated, with a dense fog of shoegaze encompassing the track.  To run this very awkward line of early emo and shoegaze infused twee is a hard one to do, and Pet Milk fucking nailed it on “Cherry Outline,” and this tone continues into the second track “Pictures (of you).”

[mp3] Pet Milk- “Cherry Outlines”

While the second track, “Pictures (Of You),” has some of those same vibes the rest of the EP draws more heavily on the early catalogue of K Records, and while the baritone voice isn’t there Beat Happening comes to mind quickly, and even Tiger Trap when the female vocalist jumps in, but the guitar solos bring it into it’s own thing.  This is a really promising six song demo, and I’ve listened to it more than a handful of times over the past couple days.  It includes five originals, and a cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Paint A Rainbow.”  Check out the final track of the ep, and then head over to their bandcamp for a free download:

[mp3] Pet Milk- “Always Knew It Couldn’t Stay”

[album download] Pet Milk- Demo (or buy the tape for $4)

I’m very excited to hear more from this band.  This demo was just recorded this month, and I’m sure shows and more songs will be popping up shortly.  Truly a great demo.

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thanks again to Jheri and Get Off The Coast for the heads up on this one.