Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk

WhaRvEy milK

Chunklet

One of the countless Harvey Milk recordings I’ve accumulated over the years is a spotless recording of the band performing on Atlanta radio stalwart WREK 91.1 over at Georgia Tech. The year is 1994 and the band has barely been a band for less than two years. Two freakin’ years. Harvey Milk drove into Atlanta on a weeknight to perform their puzzling Southern Gothic dirge for the weirdos that religiously tune in to hear the vanguard of Georgia music on the Tech station. All these years later, I listen back to this recording and sit in sheer awe of what a fully formed, self-actualized and succinct powerhouse Harvey Milk had become so quickly after their beginning not two years prior. While the band’s full lengths are unassailably well conceived and air tight, their live performances of the era leaned more on the material that lurked on their many seven inch releases that sat dormant on local record shelves until the world outside of Georgia caught on, leading the locals to take stock in this puzzling and extremely righteous band. Taut megajams like “Probolcoc/Jim’s Polish,” “Yer Mouse Gets My Dander Up” and “Women Dig It” were merely tucked away in singles bins while their full length masterpieces had yet to find their fans across the globe. Nary a hair out of place. Sitting on my patio during an extended layover a couple years back, Tanner said “anything you ever want to put out by me, Creston and Paulie is fair game.”...

Harvey Milk

Reckoning

Chunklet

"Thirty years ago, a brand new band called Harvey Milk took the stage at the illustrious 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens on April Fool's Day and performed the entirety of REM's album 'Reckoning.' There were a few recordings made, but only one survived. It was the audio from famed filmmaker Lance Bangs. Jump ahead to earlier this year, when the Harvey Milk bass player (Stephen Tanner to those taking notes) was at Chunklet HQ, we all began laughing about that performance and well, here we are. An edition of 400 copies and I suspect that'll be it. Each copy has a hand applied dayglo orange sticker on both the front and back."

Harvey Milk

My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could Be

Chunklet

***BACK IN PRINT ON VINYL!!! This is ground zero for one of the nineties' last true cult bands; now legendary for churning ghostly wailings, unearthly bellows, and gentle whispers together into one soaring, crawling, ugly and beautiful blend of brilliance. My Love... is essential listening for all fans of hard and heavy post-rock, and stands as the official starting point for your Harvey Milk education. Includes an insert.

Harvey Milk

Pleaser

Chunklet

***BACK IN PRINT ON VINYL!!! HARVEY MILK’s classic rock album The Pleaser along with its companion piece Live Pleaser nestled in a double album gatefold with all photos in full color and a full color insert complete with lyrics. The artwork is as jaw-dropping as the albums! And yes, the exclamation points are entirely warranted!!!!!