***Recently reunited synth-punk/post-hardcore band MILEMARKER deliver a new album via Lovitt Records. Coming a decade after their last full-length release, Overseas is notable for being a focused and cohesive effort. Fans of early 2000s releases like Frigid Forms Sell and Anaesthetic will find a clear sonic continuity in the angular, aggressive guitars, tense melodic vocals and soaring keyboard hooks. New members KENA KILKKA (synth, vocals) and EZRA CALE (drums) deepen the krautrock and electronic tendencies, pushing the sound in unexpected directions. The album was recorded in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany (where the band is now located), with Electrical Audio studios’ GREG NORMAN (Russian Circles, Godspeed You Black Emperor!) behind the board. Formed 1997 in Chapel Hill, NC by AL BURIAN, DAVE LANEY and BEN DAVIS, Milemarker quickly gained recognition in the independent music scene for their explosive live shows and adventurous instrumentation. The band became known for its combination of post-hardcore punk with new wave electronics, and grew to include singer/synth player ROBY NEWTON, as well as drummers SEAN HUYSICK and NOAH LEGER. Milemarker played nearly 1000 shows in support of their releases Frigid Forms Sell (Lovitt, 2000) and Anaesthetic (Jade Tree, 2001), touring extensively in North America, Europe and Japan. In 2009, guitarist Dave Laney moved to Hamburg and bassist Al Burian moved to Berlin. Milemarker reformed in 2014 and returned to the stage in 2015 with Lena Kilkka on keys and vocals and Ezra Cale on drums. This summer, the band will embark on their first U.S....
LP $17.75
08/26/2016
CD $11.00
08/26/2016
***Originally released by Lovitt Records in the year 2000, MILEMARKER's Frigid Forms Sell was the album that realized the band’s potential and introduced them to a slew of new fans. Coming after two well-received but still musically embryonic albums, Frigid Forms Sell was a monumental creative step forward, blowing many minds and breaking the mold of ’90s hardcore. Featuring driving synth hooks, angular guitars, melodic male/female vocals, and more crystallized song structures, the album is aggressively experimental (the opening techno jam still shocks punk rockers), yet at the same time insidiously accessible. Formed in 1997 by DAVE LANEY, BEN DAVIS and AL BURIAN, Milemarker developed into a 5-piece outfit by the time of the FFS recording. With the enigmatic and electrifying synth-player/vocalist ROBY NEWTON and powerhouse drummer SEAN HUSICK on board, the band was poised for perhaps its most prolific and critically successful phase. Milemarker embarked on strenuous touring in support of the album, dissolving relationships, breaking rental contracts, and traveling to Europe, Japan and around North America several times in their ardor for spreading the message. Lovitt Records is proud to re-release the vinyl version of this out-of-print classic post-hardcore LP. The download comes with never before heard demo versions of the record. The band will be touring the US and Europe around the reissue of the record.
LP $17.75
06/24/2016
***MILEMARKER was formed in 1997 by DAVE LANEY, AL BUIRIAN and BEN DAVIS. The band became known for its combination of post-hardcore punk and new-wave electronics, releasing their definitional album, Frigid Forms Sell, on Lovitt Records in 2000. In 2009, guitarist Dave Laney moved to Hamburg, while bassist Al Burian moved to Berlin. A re-ignition of the band in Germany seemed inevitable; Milemarker returned to the stage in 2015 with MANUEL CHITTKA playing drums and LENA KILKKA on synthesizer and vox. The first recording released by this line-up is a two-song seven inch. “Conditional Love“ is a robotic, hypnotic electronic rock anthem. “Recognition“ explores the band’s sensitive and optimistic side. The band will be touring the US and Europe over the next year. A new LP and an reissue of Frigid Forms Sell is coming soon.
7" $7.75
11/24/2015