***The latest from Chicago's MINT MILE—TIM MIDYETT & ANDY COHEN of SILKWORM, and BOTTOMLESS PIT, MATTHEW BARNHART & HOWARD DRAPER of TRE ORSI, and JEFF PANALL of SONGS: OHIA (along with steel guitarist JUSTIN BROWN of PALLIARD on two tracks), "The Bliss Point is the second EP by Mint Mile. The record was made in Chicago with some crucial bits applied in Portland, Oregon. We like four-song EPs because we cannot bury a song in the middle of Side B. Nothing is transitional. Everything either leads off or finishes an experience. We are on an endless search for the optimal conditions of existence. Comfort, companionship, warmth. Gentle insistence. A lack of manufacture. To convince ourselves that we are alive and we make the most of our time. To fail to regret, to avoid the sense on our deathbeds (if we’re lucky and have them) that we spent too much time focused on the wrong things. To be not always distracted, not always preoccupied, but if lost to lose ourselves in love and joy. To take in the world raw, as wide and wonderous and ugly and terrific as it is. So that’s what this record is about. Hope you enjoy it."—Tim Midyett, Chicago 2016. Edition of 500 copies with download.