Artist description Milo is a novelty songwriter, indie lo-fi producer and one man band. See www.gloomytunes.com .........áÅ“dÔˇEvel

Music Style lo-fi gloomy quirky indie pop novelty tunes

Musical Influences Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Ramones, Johnny Cash

Similar Artists Eels, Ween, They Might Be Giants, Magnetic Fields

Artist History Nashville wasn't ready for songs like Open Minds Open Sores, so Milo headed for Atlanta to retreat further into obscurity and the confines of his studio apartment.. Long lost friends began recieving morose four-track cassette recordings in the mail. Eve ntually, Milo graduated to digital recording and CD releases to further his obsession. No one noticed. He was found later, under a pile of CD-Rs, withered to the bone, but still breathing. –ΩÔÃ≈Q∂m

Group Members Milo

Instruments voice, guitar, clarinet, bass, keyboard, drum machine

Albums Darkside of the Rumors, Smell the Parade, Sorry Tales

Press Reviews By Jennifer Kelly / SPLENDID E-ZINE / May 21, 2002 -- Milo's medication isn't working. It says so right on the CD. Oh, wait, that's a song title, not part of Milo the bio. Never mind. Anyway, whatever drugs Milo is taking, he should keep it up. Smell the Parade is one of the most enjoyably weird listening experiences I've had in ages. This lo-fi songwriter's album is original, yet rife with references. Musically, Milo flits from hitting on the Death by Chocolate girl ("Minimalist") to trying on hair-metal spandex ("Mirko's Car"), to trading sordid memories with Willie Nelson ("Open Mind Open Sores") to making faces at the Magnetic Fields ("New Panties"). Milo's voice and accompaniment are perfectly adequate, but what you really want to hear about on this disc are the lyrics, which are extremely sophisticated in an expectation-busting kind of way. For instance, "Roach Under Glass" is exactly what it sounds like -- a song about a captured bug. Yet somehow, it turns into a hymn to universal love. Milo explains, "I toss him from the glass. He tumbles in the grass. Goes round to the shrine. Lord Buddha. His light shines." Similarly "Pen Pals in Prison" sounds like it might be a Johnny Cash song, but the prisoner, we find, is a woman incarcerated for check bouncing. "Pen pals in prison. They're a captive audience," we are told by a singer who sounds a lot like Jonathan Richman. "They only want to be forgiven for a felonious offense." Smell the Parade is a David Lynch movie of an album, too odd to take entirely seriously, yet too percepti ve in spots to laugh off as a joke. I hope we hear more from Milo -- and that whatever he's taking continues to fail to rein him in. ................................................................................ ............... By Haiko Herden / BACK AGAIN MAGAZINE / Hamburg, GERMANY, May 2002 -- From time to time we get CDs from bands that are hard to categorize and that revive the hope that sometimes there is something new under the sun and everything does not always fit neatly in drawers. MILO is that type, although he has not re-invented music but rather mixes an infinite assortment of musical styles together, which certainly won't find him a wide audience. Anyway, MILO, who comes from the states, Atlanta specifically, is a so-called Lo-Fi producer, which probably means he does not have the money to buy expensive equipment or rent expensive studios. However, there also is a "Lo-Fi" scene, which is where we will now place MILO. MILO makes music alone in his living room, mixing blues, rock, punk, swing, country, folk, pop, indie guitar and German new wave (If a Yankee effort counts). This amounts to an incredible hodgepodge and jumble, but it definitely has a curious charm. "Smell The Parade" is MILO's first album. It can be found at the internet address provided at the top. My recommended track on this CD is "Cheated Lied Left" because it is so beautifully gloomy. BÏÏëëÏÏÿÿÿÿ∂m

Additional Info all songs written by Milo Ippolito

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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