Review: Milo Greene

As well as awards predictions, I will be using this blog to review recently released albums. I don't intend to post any negative reviews and this is neither good for my karma, nor does it help anybody else.

Milo Greene

'Milo Greene'  is the self-titled debut album by five piece Los Angeles folk group Milo Greene.

Immediately from the opening song "What's the Matter", you can tell that these talented musicians bear similar resemblance to Icelandic band 'Of Monsters and Men', and fellow Americans 'Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes'. This is largely because of the simple acoustic beats, intertwining of male and female singing, and increasingly catchy lyrics.

Similarly to many other albums such as Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, Milo Greene chose to use many tracks of about 30 to 90 seconds of simply non-vocal instrumentals, which gives the album more depth and understanding.

The one catch that people reading this should know is that they lack the energy of many folk bands of the day. Except for their single '1957', their music can be quite sleepy and dull to some. Personally however, I think that this silent, subtle quality gives them an edge compared to a lot of similar bands. It has also been shown that songs with more silent tones can still be popular, 'Of Monsters and Men' for instance have many songs on their album that have the same kind of feel, and are still good.

In short, I think that while this band hasn't reached the pinacle of success, they have great potential to become one of the next big folk band names. Their debut effort, although not 100% perfect, has still left me yearning for more of their calm and relaxed acoustic music.  

THIS ALBUM IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE US AND THE UK.  
   





Click here to watch the video for the single '1957'