Manchester, UK –
HOT MILK have released the third single to precede their debut album.
On the surface, ‘BLOODSTREAM’ boasts all of the usual masterful pop-rock veneer, stadium-filling melodic ambition, and musicality full of the impish spark the band have long since honed. But here is also a despairing love song, one that’s lyrical soul searching delves to the depths in order to understand the feeling of connection so strong it can come as a detriment.
Lead singer Han Mee explains the song came to them, instead of being chased down through long hours in a studio and was written “in its entirety in the haunted early hours in Los Angeles. We started it in the early hours just as it was home time… immediately we knew that this song was something different for us yet had come from nowhere. One of them rare moments where the song jumped from the ether and wanted, nay needed to be written”.
That feeling of necessity, a song almost undeniable and inescapable, mirrors the feelings of unhealthy adoration, themes of chasing short-term thrills and how those situations can lead to self-loathing, and as Han puts it “unhealthy adoration comes in many forms, the short term thrill for the post-high collapse can create an abusive relationship. You think it’s love, you think you’re in control, you think you can say no if you needed to but you’re not the one in the driving seat anymore.”
BLOODSTREAM premiered on Clara Amfo’s Radio 1 show and you can stream it HERE or watch the video below:
HOT MILK will embark on their own headline tour this Autumn. The tour will take in six shows across the UK including the O2 Kentish Town Forum, London for their biggest headline show to date. Support comes from Witch Fever and Modern Error.
HOT MILK- HEADLINE TOUR
18 November 2023 – SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow
19 November 2023 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (SOLD OUT)
21 November 2023 – The Trinity Centre, Bristol
22 November 2023 – O2 Kentish Town Forum, London
24 November 2023 – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham
25 November 2023 – Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tickets on sale now HERE
For some, it might feel like a long time coming but Hot Milk always knew that when the time came to make their debut album, they had to be ready for it. It will be their loudest statement yet of who they are and what they stand for, an opportunity to show the world what they are made of.
Tracks on the debut album walk on a tightrope between the humorous and the serious, brimming with what might be called positive nihilism. They’re not so much finding the light in the dark as they are laughing because if they don’t, they’ll cry.
‘HORROR SHOW’, boisterously ushered in a new era of Hot Milk, one that is bolder, brasher, and more impactful than ever before. Premiering on Radio 1’s FUTURE ARTIST show Jack Saunders commented that “The odds are pitted against this band, it’s not often a traditional emo breaks through, but Hot Milk have fought the whole entire way to make their mark, find their way into your top tens, become a favourite for you, and Horror Show’s the best yet.” Whilst second single, ‘PARTY ON MY DEATHBED’ went on the C list at Radio 1.
