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The Milk & Honey Band: "Dog Eared Moonlight"

  Tobias

If you’re keen on the notion of Sufjan Stevens being less jittery and more staidly British, this might do it for you, but since I’m more attuned to Zero 7 I sort of lean toward a Jose Gonzalez comparison as regards the vocal sound of Robert White, Milk & Honey’s driving force. There’s also Cat Stevens fused to Gordon Lightfoot, if you’ve ever heard of those guys.

Unlike Sufjan, this band doesn’t jump all over the place looking for the freakout; it’s mainly soft-spoken pop with a little waltz-time here, a bit of faraway slide guitar there. As such, it doesn’t require a high-end thinking-cap – you like it or hate it, simple. If it makes any difference, Andy Partridge of XTC, who’s suddenly in everybody’s face trying to get love for old Dukes of Stratosphear records, jumped at the chance to sign Milk & Honey and release this 4th LP.

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