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Less Love More Acid

by Milk at Midnight

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i found you sleeping on the floor you said the wolves are at the door i said i'm strung up by the balls you said it's only natural oh, where you gonna go? oh, wolves are at the door oh, government decay oh, kneeling at your feet i found my conscience in the road locked out i kick in all the doors i thought you'd play a better role astigmatism of the soul oh, where you gonna go? oh, wolves are at the door oh, government decay oh, kneeling at your feet and when your fingers turn blue we'll feed em to the wolves and when your fingers turn blue we'll chop em at the roots
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Kristol Ball 02:58
on camera with a face only a mother could love Geritol Kristol ball carry the water a casting call pimp for war Irving's son hear me roar siren song always wrong Kristol ball broken bury deep in the sand as fairness would demand i hear the hawks circle us a funeral march oh, pretty war t.v. whore all the facts under attack it's 8th grade math broken glass Kristol ball shattered and when you wake up at 3am old hands shaking shell of a man and when you wake up at 3am did you lock the front door did you piss the bed?
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i might wear your fever like a crown tear your argument into the ground i swear i won't be backing down i'll stand alone, anathema just when you think you've had enough and this machine can't add it up i might wear your fever like a crown propagate, confuse and rake the town when i give my sermon on the mount i'll wave my megaphone around just when you think you've had enough (i can't think but i can act tough) and this machine can't add it up (i'll come clean i got it all wrong) and this regime is cancerous (i'll throw in my shot across the bow) and i believe this can't be won (i will take my ball and run home) i might wear your fever like a crown dare your orchestra to make a sound and i swear i won't be happier i'll hold my breath and stomp the ground
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what's this bad feeling that sticks in my stomach what's this bad feeling that won't go away what's this i heard that you got a new apartment what's this i heard that you're moving away what's this i heard that you got nobody for you what's this i heard that you don't feel the same what's this i heard you won't be here much longer what's this bad feeling that won't go away you were strong you can't be wrong things have changed and i'm not the same
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less sunshine more raincoats more chemicals and disco balls less gun shy more ego with rubber gloves and cannonballs mi amor be a good soldier a true agent orange i guess it's over now less mudslides more day glo more apple pie to bring to ma and bloodlines and rainbows you fight the war i'll sit at home wake them up be a good soldier a true waste of brawn is this ever over and how? you wake them up a golden slumber blue agent orange be a good soldier a true waste of brawn is this ever over when you're safe and warm i guess it's over now less sunshine more raincoats more chemicals and disco balls and bloodlines en fuego say sayonara mi amor you wake them up a golden slumber blue agent orange be a good soldier a true waste of brawn is this ever over when you're safe and warm this lesson is over now
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crack the whip the fastest won he's the greatest of the world cancel every goddamn call he's a winner he takes all all the signs they don't add up you and i...it won't be long crash the gates and grab the son and the bullets from a gun at the risk of sounding dumb we're not fooling anyone all the signs they don't add up you and i...it won't be long looks like we won't be safe at all looks like the world keeps spinning on looks like the signs add up all wrong all the signs they don't add up you and i...it won't be long i won't change
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this house we built it had good walls they kept us safe they kept us warm but now these walls are old and worn now these walls are falling down on us the rooms we paint and corridors and ghosts of days when we were more now these doors are closing up now these walls aren't strong enough for us we pass the train we pass the malls past the house where you were born a bet you made a good luck charm a poster hung up on your wall this house we built
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would you hold her hand as the hurricane lands and look for a god when the water dries up would you walk through the flames to see her again would you kiss the girl at the end of the word and she's calling but you're never home picture a boat so far from the shore and tossed out and left in the cold cut you right out of your dirty white clothes
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Lost Highway 04:45
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would you kiss the girl at the end of the word and register shock at the century mark would you whisper her name as the earth shakes again and crawl on the rocks for the high water mark and she's calling but you're never home picture a boat so far from the shore and tossed out and left in the cold cut you right out of your dirty white clothes would you hold her hand as the hurricane lands and look for a god when the water dries up would you walk through the flames to see her again would you kiss the girl at the end of the word and she's calling but you're never home picture a boat so far from the shore and tossed out and left in the cold cut you right out of your dirty white clothes
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about

Milk at Midnight’s third release, “Less Love More Acid,” is the sound of the American Dream as seen through a bad trip, an argument to end the world, like apple pie and riot gear. Danny Doom (vocals, guitar), Rick Nitz (guitar, bass, vocals), and Eric Anderson (drums, vocals) provide the soundtrack for the end of the Bush years and have fun while doing it. Known for their explosive live shows and an ever-expanding roster of lights and projections, Milk at Midnight are proud to release “Less Love More Acid” on vinyl for your enhanced home listening pleasure (also available digitally) on Stars/No Stars Records.

"Milk At Midnight’s third release, Less Love More Acid (Stars/No Stars) finds the trio alternating between heart-stirring indie pop (”Sticks In My Stomach”), Killers danceability (”Kristol Ball”), and bombast worthy of Muse (the title track). “The Leaning Tower Of Astigmatism” opens with a riff that’s a little bit country and a little bit “Big Bird In Japan,” while “Lost Highway” drowns in a cacophony of psychedelia. Rarely does an album’s full track listing consist of must-hear ditties, but here’s a perfect dozen."

—Janine Schaults, Illinois Entertainer

"Sometimes trolling the internet for shows leads me to discover some pretty lovely local music that has somehow escaped my ears. Such is the case with Chicago’s Milk At Midnight. This stuff is right up my alley (Yes, I have other alleys than just metal ones). Sure, there’s a little old Flaming Lips – You know, when they were a rock band – but more than anything it’s just good old, driving indie rock. Welcome to my ears, Milk At Midnight."

—Ross Meyerson, Loud Loop Press

"Locals’ Less Love More Acid offers bad advice but plenty of plaintive, impressive indie rock tunes."

—Chicago Tribune/Red Eye/Metromix

"The charming and sonically affable local outfit Milk at Midnight celebrates the release of “Less Love More Acid” (Stars/No Stars Records) tonight, the trio’s second full-length. The classic-rock-inspired indie pop bounces along in an even more psychedelic way this time around, but not at the expense of the band’s endearing youthfulness and tendency to lean towards the dramatic. But the ability to pull off both a dark-edged indie-rock song like “Kristol Ball” and an acoustic-guitar-led song like “Sticks in My Stomach” is impressive; the album’s title track, probably the best song of the collection, has a driving intensity that could for sure inspire a room."

—Tom Lynch, New City Chicago

"Milk At Midnight's sound is chimeric, with the primary sonic tether between tunes being the group's ability to graft memorable melodies onto craggy surfaces. The other connecting point is angry lyrics that both condemn and soar. The sunshine is there if you really squint and search it out, but eventually your eyes are going to tire and the light will temporarily slip from your vision again. It's the hope that keeps us going even as we stare wide-eyed at the horrors around us."

—Tankboy, Chicagoist.com

"Despite their name, locals Milk at Midnight don’t aim to be particularly soothing and sleep inducing. These guys sound a little pushy, like somebody at a bar who’s oblivious to your personal space, but if you can forgive that you’re in for some fun: their third album, Less Love More Acid (Stars/No Stars), fully embraces both stiff-legged Napoleon Dynamite geekery and blitzing hard-rock riffs."

—Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader

"Milk At Midnight experimented with mixing Appalachian mountain-man touches to thundering rock rhythms on their last EP, and the new album sees them taking that aesthetic and expanding it over a number of new songs. One of the most interesting things about the band is the inner conflict they seem to be constantly fighting when it comes to what the band's sounds should be. Singer-guitarist Danny Doom wants to write classic rock epic protest songs, but the interplay between his and Rick Nitz's guitars creates tapestries that suck you in just as Eric Anderson's thundering drums threaten to bounce you right back out again. The band's sound shifts, darts, and defies pigeonholing. This is a band that would sound right in place touring econo in 1984 as they would opening for Pearl Jam in 1994 or putting on a psychedelic lightshow at Metro in 2009."

—Chicagoist.com

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released October 1, 2008

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Milk at Midnight Chicago, Illinois

M@M is from Chicago, IL

Danny Doom - vocals, guitar
Rick Nitz - bass, guitar, vocals
Eric Anderson - drums

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