Hot Milk Release Single 'Where Does the Light Get In'
Manchester, UK - “After great pain, we are never the same, we must pull ourselves out of the dark in order to live again” ruminates HOT MILK'S Hannah Mee. This meditation comes as the band share their first new music, Where Does The Light Get In since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album A Call To The Void, with her poignant poetics looking to precede a revelation into what she calls “Hot Milk 2.0.”
The release of their UK top 40 album, saw HOT MILK transcend to new heights at home and further afield, with three sold-out UK tours, headline slots at festivals, global touring and over 100 Million streams. Against the rising tide of professional successes, an unfortunate undercurrent of personal sorrows began to manifest.
Jim Shaw from the band says: "Sadness doesn’t last forever, but when it consumes you it feels like it’s there for eternity. Essentially this song is a cry out for a change in circumstances. It’s hard seeing someone close to you in pain and feeling powerless to change it. I wanted to exacerbate the vulnerability of this song so I began as stripped back as I could, me and a piano, and played what you can hear as soon as the song starts. We wanted the lyrics to come across almost like a prayer so we brought in the girls in Espera to record a choir and act as the response in the chorus."
Sharing further thoughts on the emotionally charged track, Mee expands, “this song is its own beast that came from a place of great torment and suffering, matters of the heart are rarely touched by our band but after the last year put me into a place I never wish to return I couldn't not write this song. It was a necessity.”
That necessity unearths in the form of the standalone single Where Does The Light Get In, a track that revels in emotion as much as it does ambition. Boasting the signature HOT MILK penchant for charismatic pop-rock songcraft, it displays sonic scholarship from their expeditions to stateside stadiums, with string-sections and choirs further indulging their already well-stocked anthemic arsenal. Written by Han Mee and Jim Shaw, and recorded/produced in their home studio, this is quintessential and raw Hot Milk.
Han Mee states “This is as Hot Milk as it gets. Hot Milk is an emotion, all of them” and here they yet again deliver a surefire fan favourite, one that will see their increasing hoards simultaneously tantalised and tearful.
The band will support Palaye Royale this Autumn which includes a Wembley Arena show on 9th November. Full dates below:
Palaye Royale w/ Hot Milk
6th November Luxembourg, Dan Atelier
7th November Tilburg, Poppodium 013
9th November London, Wembley Arena
11th November Paris, L’Olympia
12th November Belgium, Trix
13th November Zurich, Komplex 457
16thNovember Wien, Tonhalle
18th November Wien, Gasometer
22nd November Poznari, Music Club B17
24th November Cologne, E-Work
25th November Hamburg, Grobe Freiheit
Tickets here
ABOUT HOT MILK
The band have blossomed over the course of three self-produced EPs and a Top 40 album. This constant stream of releases has meant that Hot Milk were never away from the spotlight – or the stages they call home. Their rise kept accelerating, taking them to stadium support slots with Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Green Day, Limp Bizkit, Pale Waves and more. They have graced the main stages of the best festivals in Europe, America, South America and Australia. An appearance on Jimmy Kimmel in the US, BBC Radio 1 playlists, covers of UK media and their own headline sold-out tours, to over 100 million streams of the EPs alone. The band also released a documentary Kaleidoscope Of The Abyss this Summer.
Previous singles:
HORROR SHOW / BLOODSTREAM / PARTY ON MY DEATHBED / BREATHING UNDERWATER
Single Where Does The Light Get In is out now HERE
Album A CALL TO THE VOID is out now on Music For Nations HERE
PRAISE FOR DEBUT ALBUM " A CALL TO THE VOID"
“Their singles have coupled indelible melodies with ferocious power” The Guardian
“This is pretty much the perfect debut album. It’s a clear statement of intent that still allows them to grow into their new, malevolent sound. Hot Milk are aiming for the top, and if this record is anything to go by, it is well within their reach.” DORK 5/5
"Hot Milk have delivered the triumphant debut they’d always hoped to." Kerrang! 4/5
“...while ‘A Call To The Void’ might be one of the debut rock albums of the year, there’s far more potential still to come.” Upset 5/5
“Jim Shaw and Han Mee are tearing up the genre rulebook, and producing some of today's most vital guitar-led music as a result.” Guitar World
