MILHAVEN

Post Rock/Math rock • Germany

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New York bubblegum pop band "Strawberry Alarm Clock" members in late 60-s quit music industry and moved to Germany started a commune and became friends with local band "Das 4", which later became "Kraftwerk". Members of both bands had kids, and this younger generation later founded the band, named after the town in Germany, where their parents started the commune: Milhaven.

Milhaven is a 4-piece post-rock band from Bochum, Germany. Their debut album, BARS CLOSING DOWN, was released under the net-label 12rec. and is available for download at archive.org under a Creative Commons license. They released the 4-track I.M. WAGNER EP through the same label in November 2006, recorded this time with the luxury of a 10-track hard-drive recorder as opposed to the 4-track debut was recorded on! It is also available for download from archive.org. Milhaven do not flirt with Gothic, Metal or razzmatazz alike, their sound remains that of delay and volume but not distortion, the chamber musical minimum of two guitars, bass and battery.

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Bars Closing Down
2004

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Milhaven
2010

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I.M. Wagner
2006

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Automata
2012

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I.M. Wagner
Milhaven Post Rock/Math rock

Review by The Truth
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator

— First review of this album —

A superb free album of calm, relaxing post rock. Milhaven's first release, Bars Closing Down, was a spiteful and aggressive specimen of an album whereas this one is soothing most all the time.

The first track, Oh! Great Pacific, is a good example of the overall feel. It almost makes you feel at ease by the seaside. It has great moments throughout but sometimes seems to not have an end (a problem with a lot of post-rock) but it doesn't take a whole lot out of the listening experience.

Lord Of Birds starts out in the same vein as the first track but has alot more bursts of aggressiveness. These bursts don't contain the same angst as the ones on the debut did, these are controlled bursts and still maintain the calm atmosphere while giving it a little flavor. Excellent track.

Clean Room is the longest track, soft playing in the start but it builds and eventually gets pretty heavy. But all the while, the track keeps that calm atmosphere going. It's a really beautiful aura I get from this, it really is.

Firnis is the closing track, another calm track, this one more acoustic than the others. I love it from start to finish, a hypnotic and calming close to a very sort of glacial record.

Go ahead and find this album on archive.org, I'm sure the band would appreciate some feedback and they deserve some applause. Great little EP.

Thanks to snobb for the artist addition.