milhavenmilhaven - bars closing down [12rec.014] (February 4, 2005)

This release comes up with heavy guitar-drones.
Comparable to mogwai or do make say think, these guys combine the groove and harsh power of noiserock with unearthly beautiful melodies. No need for a vocalist when you're able to let your guitars sing!

"When Simon and me entered this hole for the first time, it was outside nearly as cold as inside. Remarkably less damp it wasn´t eighter down there, so that the sloppy roughcasted walls made a perfect ground for this magnificent mold. Simon plucked up all his courage and sat down on the scary looking couch (in a movie this would have made a smushy sound). Meanwhile I set up the old four track machine and the guys started playing to warm up.
Our first plan, to record every instrument seperately, turned out as impracticable. This band doesn´t work as a combination of different musicians. Milhaven are so grown together with themselves, their instruments and the delay in rehersals (as on stage, if it runs well), that every try of overdubbing would equal an amputation. So we took the risk of a hearing defect and recorded it all live...
Our production is surely only able to sketch a draft of the intensity of this band. But the love and the complete devotion of this young men to their rough, epic and unreal beautiful songs are indeed noticable in every note. Please listen to this LP as loud as possible." (Sven, 12rec.)

This item is part of the collection: 12rec.

Author: milhaven
Date: 2005-02-04 00:00:00
Source: www.12rec.net
Recorded by: 12rec.

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Track 1, 4 + 5

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Reviewer: ddobbie - - March 4, 2008
Subject: very nice

good dynamic flow and tight throughout. as others mentioned, if you like gybe, sigur ros, etc, this will be up your alley.

Reviewer: +[sigit]+ - - September 28, 2007
Subject: masterpiece

one of the best post-rock music i ever heard!!!
thanxxx...milhaven

Reviewer: girlstyle - - November 12, 2006
Subject: Definition:Post-Rock

Milhaven is a wonderful specimen of ambient post-rock. The guitar melodies are haunting and gorgeous.

If you like Mogwai, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Mono, or other seminal post-rock outfits, you will appreciate the talent Milhaven has to offer.

Reviewer: RedBlue - - October 18, 2006
Subject: thanks a lot

great album!
thanks for sharing!

Reviewer: Sinestesia - - April 19, 2006
Subject: Increible!

Hacia tiempo que no escuchaba un disco tan bueno :D
Me pone la piel de gallina, escucharlo es toda una experiencia.
Te gustaran si te gusta Godspeed your black emperor o Explosions in the sky.
Grande, muy, muy grande.
Gracias por compartir vuestra musica.

Reviewer: middlelanemustexit - - October 7, 2005
Subject: its moody

Very good recording indeed! Download it, banish it on cd or whereever and have a quite good piece of music in you cd rack.
Milhaven are veritably worth listen to, especially if like moody, expressive bands (such as Explosions in the sky).