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Blackmilk

soul music ingested with a handful of poppy

About Me


Blackmilk is James Sherry, Rick Newick, Tim Sherry, John Craft and Todd Pickett.
Forming in the hills of the isolated city Perth Blackmilk have crafted a visceral sound influenced by their infatuation with the song wizardry and melody of the sixties, psychedelia with a wall of sound intensity and rawness often wandering into harmonious territories of three part vocals.
The sonic and psychedelic sounds which the tracks lie on work hand in hand with the soulful songwriting of James Sherry emphasising the fact that yes, we are floating in space.
The band launched ' The Walrus and the Wine' EP to a sold out crowd September 8th at Amplifier Bar here in Perth.
Moments in Time has recently received airplay on Triple J, Australia's leading national youth radio station.
' The Walrus and the Wine' EP is instores now, you can contact us here and we'll post one to you if you're outside Perth.
You can buy it online too, rightHERE
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"A very sweet and intoxicating, psychedelic number" - Caroline Tran (Triple J) on Moments in Time -April 07
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THE WALRUS AND THE WINE EP REVIEW
2007
DRUM MEDIA
"As every second local band tries their hand at recording, the number of local EP's released in the second half of this year seems to be entering record numbers.
Blackmilk, a band lead by a couple of brothers and featuring a member of Abbe May's Rockin' Pneumonia, debut with a release that sees them promising to bring their own style to the mix.
The EP is well recorded, with a clarity that suggests the band are confident in their own sound.
It's atmospheric, country tinged, dark pop. Full of buzzing, mysterious sounds, it's a unique collection of songs."
Laura Miller - Drum Media
GHOST TALK REVIEW
2006
XPRESS MAGAZINE
"Despite lifting their name from a blissfully hypnotic Massive Attack groove, Blackmilk's main interest lies in forceful and dark indie-rock. This Perth quartet's intense white noise, as evidenced in Picture This, is thankfully offset with a melody-soaked guitar line, confirming that a focused approach to songwriting is clearly a priority.
As the title suggests, opening track, Nerve Ending, is a frenzied rock-out complete with a tense vocal delivery and unrestrained buzzsaw guitar. Blackmilk are at their best, however, when they allow the driving guitar parts, such as in the title track, to escalate into a fine, hysterical mess.
As a whole, Ghost Talk evokes the strange image of an anxious, panic-stricken Nirvana, or, Radiohead's early flirtation with grunge during the Pablo Honey era. Pop music with an edge."
Robert Penney - XPRESS MAGAZINE
BOOKINGS/CONTACT
P: Tim: 0439 962 127
E: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/13/2005
Band Members:

James Sherry
guitar & vocals
Rick Newick
drums
Tim Sherry
guitar & vocals
John Craft
bass guitar
Todd Pickett
keyboards, percussion, slide guitar, harmonica & vocals

Influences:the beatles
elliott smith
the shins
nirvana
the flaming lips
you am i
black rebel motorcycle club
led zeppelin
sparklehorse
stevie wonder
the drones
interpol
the verve
the icarus line
the velvet underground
sonic youth
the jesus and mary chain
oasis
tim rogers
nick drake
at the drive in
john lennon
radiohead
bob dylan
ride
amy winehouse
nina simone
the dirty three
johnny cash
beck
elbow
doves
crowded house
joni mitchell
kasabian
the la's
marvin gaye
neil young
the rolling stones
tv on the radio
'erb
smokey
red wine
Sounds Like:Bookings/Contact
Tim - 0439 962 127
[email protected]
Record Label: Squeeze Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Walrus and the Wine EP

Big thanks to everyone who came down to Amplifier on Saturday evenin, was a fantastic night. Sold the place out !The EP will be in good local record stores for $10 ( 78's, Planet, Mills, Dadas etc) t...
Posted by Blackmilk on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:40:00 PST

Perthsounds Interview

Right ere folks.perthsounds.blogspot.com
Posted by Blackmilk on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

FREQUENCE ARDENNES

We've been made "Band of the Week" on Belgian's finest indie radio station FREQUENCE ARDENNES. http://www.freewebs.com/frequenceardennes/notrechouchou.htmN ice one Belgium!...
Posted by Blackmilk on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:16:00 PST

Recordin News

So we've been busy in the studio this weekend with the master of the psychedelic wall of sound Smokey Jenkins. We had a ball recording the track and are really pleased with how its coming together. Th...
Posted by Blackmilk on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:06:00 PST