Milo Greene fits snugly alongside The Head and The Heart and Of Monsters and Men in the new indie-carnation of the folk canon. The Los Angeles quintet started making sound waves last year when they received standing ovations opening for The Civil Wars without even an mp3 to their name (if J. J. Redick is a fan, you know they’ve got something going for them). Now, their self-titled debut rife with “complex harmonies and organic, richly textured instrumentation” arrives July 17th via Chop Shop/Atlantic Records.



For the uninitiated, check out “Don’t You Give Up On Me”. Vocalists Graham Fink, Marlana Sheetz, Robbie Arnett, and Andrew Heringer harmonize on lines like, “Don’t you ever show us your bones / ‘Cause I’ll dig, I’ll dig, I’ll dig our own little hole”, the repetition of sweet and morbid promises matching those pounded piano chords that open the song. For the chance to give that song a standing ovation of your own, check out Milo Green’s upcoming tour schedule after the tracklist for Milo Greene.

Milo Greene Tracklist:

1. What’s The Matter

2. Orpheus

3. Don’t You Give Up On Me

4. Perfectly Aligned

5. Silent Way

6. 1957

7. Wooden Antlers

8. Take A Step

9. Moddison

10. Cutty Love

11. Son My Son

12. Polaroid

13. Autumn Tree

Milo Greene 2012 Tour Dates:

05/17 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho

05/18 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop

05/19 – Phoeniz, AZ @ The Rhythm Room

05/22 – Denver, CO @ Larmier Lounge

05/23 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater *

05/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot *

06/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour

07/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn

07/22 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd and Lindsley

07/24 – Washington, DC @ DC9

07/26 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

07/28 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs

07/29 – Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange

07/31 – Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe

08/01 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk

08/03-08/05 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

08/07 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency

08/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

08/11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

* = w/ Civil Wars