Manchester alternative/rock misfits HOT MILK has announced their second album, Corporation P.O.P., which will be released on June 27 through Music For Nations. The album’s first single, “90 Seconds To Midnight“, is an anthem of rebellion, accompanied by a music video featuring British icon Frank Skinner.
Overall, the track is punchy dose of dopamine blended with a tablespoon of punk anarchy. Less melodic than their previous releases of late, ’90 Seconds to Midnight’ shows dual vocalists Han Mee and Jim Shaw expand into darker territory with maximum riff energy whilst still displaying their chaotic style of pop out into the world.
“The doomsday clock is nearing midnight and this frantic song sets the mood for the oncoming nuclear winter. We wanted to punch you proper in the face with this, this balls to the wall little riffy boy comes bounding at you relentlessly. Lyrically, we took inspiration from 17th century philosopher Rousseau and the poet John Betjemen with his poem ‘Slough.’ Rousseau set out that humanity would never be free as we create our own shackles. In this case, we’ve created our own demise. Where as Betjemens poem takes this notion of demise and laughs at it, inviting the nukes in ‘come friendly bombs’…. Let’s set the gaff on fire and start again.”
– Han Mee, lead vocalist/philosopher in Hot Milk
This is the first track to drop from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album Corporation P.O.P. Produced by Hot Milk’s own Jim (accompanied with Zach Jones and KJ Strock, the album will see this four piece embark on their heaviest journey yet.
“Corporation P.O.P is a flurry of thoughts, feelings, ramblings from the afters n questions about where we’re at right now in England, the further western world and emotionally. It’s hard not to compare, contrast, and try to understand. P.O.P = Payment of Pain. We all must live with the burden of modernity and this pain has been commodified; we all must pay. Corporation pop itself is a term Han’s grandad used to refer to the water supply, something that runs throughout all our homes, just as current events run through us all.”
– Jim Shaw, producer & vocalist, Hot Milk
Alongside this hot new release, Hot Milk are gearing up for a big year. They’ve announced a stack of shows across the UK and US, including stop in Long Beach for Warped Tour’s 30th Anniversary. While any Aussie dates have yet to surface, you can bet your top dollar that as massive Hot Milk fans, PitPass will be first to drop this upon you all.
In the meantime, pre-order Hot Milk’s new album, Corporation P.O.P. here
