Honeymilk released this pearl of a song in the beginning of this month, “Psychrocker”, a duet with De Montevert. That they can make shaky, squeaking guitars sound this beautiful is an accomplishment in itself. It’s liberating with a band who doesn’t polish their sound as the audience and the ambitions grow. Honeymilk is in fact doing the opposite and doesn’t hesitate to push the boundaries further. Still, they are catchier than ever. With the song they also show that they have sense of humour and self irony:

Honeymilk wanted to write a song about “people with more arrogance than they merit. People with a bigger idea of themselves, than their talent can live up to,” the band says. When they had finished writing the song, they came to the conclusion – to their greatest disappointment – that they actually wrote it about no other than themselves. “Psychrocker is simply a tribute to Honeymilk.”

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Honeymilk is an interesting band to follow. They keep moving with their music all the time and have varied between britpop songs and more unpolished indie rock tracks. On the latest EP “Sanguine Skies”, which was released in February, I get to hear a rougher, larger indie rock sound, while I still recognise their playful, relaxed attitude from before. Here are two of the four songs:

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Honeymilk have released a number of great singles during the last year, and been one of the house bands on Meadowmusic this year. Finally, a few weeks ago, they released their debut album “Lean on the Sun”, an album I had high hopes for. A bit surprising is that they have chosen not to include their three first strong singles “It Might Be”, “This Time Around (The Gods Won’t Save You) and “Situations of You”, which is understandable, though, as they have chosen to build upon the disted sound they introduced with the last single “Light Entertainment”. The result is a coherent album, but where they still give themselves plenty of space to vary between a rough indie rock’n’roll with a taste of brit pop and some more polished indie pop inspiration. I can’t say that I miss the earlier singles on this tastefully long album with it’s eight tracks; the song material is better than ever, and the latest album single “Sea to Shining Sea” is perhaps their strongest one so far. I think it’s an impressive album debut, well it’s an impressive debut year from the band, and my expectations has been met more than enough.

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With three strong singles in their backpack from the last year, Honeymilk entered the studio this summer to record their first album, on their own. “Lean On Me” is the name of the album and is going to be released at the end of this month. To spice things up before the release they uploaded this track, “Light Entertainment”, a few days ago; a track with a suprisingly dirty sound, where they show that they’re not stuck in any song formula. If they continue like this I believe we can look forward to a fantastic debut album.

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Honeymilk continues to deliver catchy, refreshing pop songs, here in this third single from the band, “Situations of You”.

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