With his band Nine Black Alps on indefinite hiatus, bassist Martin Cohen found he had time on his hands, recording at home Milk Maid’s debut album Yucca. The result is an album that might have come out on Creation Records in their 80’s heyday, recalling indie stalwarts like Comet Gain and marrying timeless pop hooks to the raw spontaneity of home recording, and sweet, sun-drenched pop hooks pitched against viscerally dark lyrics.

On new single Dead Wrong (out on Suffering Jukebox/ FatCat, September 19) Cohen sings ‘You’re killing yourself to cut your arms off, you’re stabbing yourself in the gut’ and manages to make it sound like a lost Buddy Holly tune – albeit with the production values of a Sic Alps track!

Have a listen:

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Catch Milk Maid on tour:

16 SeptWAKEFIELD The Hop

17 Sept MIDDLESBOROUGH Uncle Alberts

19 Sept CARDIFF Ten Feet Tall

20 Sept BRIGHTON Green Dore Store

21 Sept BRISTOL The Lousiana

22 Sept LONDON Old Blue Last

23 Sept MILTON KEYNES Sno! Bar

24 Sept MANCHESTER Kraak Gallery

Supporting Mazes

03-OCT Mon LEEDS Nation Of Shopkeepers

04-OCT Tue MANCHESTER The Kings Arms

05-OCT Wed EDINBURGH Sneaky Petes

06-OCT Thu GLASGOW Captains Rest

07-OCT Fri NEWCASTLE Dog & Parrot

08-OCT Sat LANCASTER Library

09-OCT Sun NOTTINGHAM Spanky Van Dykes

11-OCT Tue OXFORD Jericho

12-OCT Wed BIRMINGHAM The Hare & Hounds

13-OCT Thu LONDON Lexington

14-OCT Fri BRIGHTON The Hope

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