Lifted from what will be his second full-length release in under a year (out 28 October, via Royale Stag), the album finds the former Apollo 440 and Grim Northern Social frontman extending his confident new solo direction with swaggering cuts such as this.
A song that’s lustful of lyric and darkly thrilling in execution, “Milk” is arguably the defining highlight of his upcoming LP. From its low-slung garage/rock riffs that hint to his admiration for ‘AM’-era Arctic Monkeys, to the feedback-driven hooks that propel it into shoegazy, skyscraping stratospheres; it’s a song that finds Ewan subverting genre conventions to deliver one of his most gratifying moments yet. Opening up about the track and its title, Ewan Macfarlane explains:
“”MILK” is a sensual track that twists and flirts with itself throughout the song. It escapes the reality of life and takes you into a fantasy of love and passion. Skin-on-skin, creamy and smooth it exudes the texture of milk whilst also being nurturing and wholesome.”
The opening track of his upcoming album ‘Milk’ (which arrives 28th October), it’s also the fourth to emerge from the record. So far his latest music has already earned the respect of two generations of major Scottish bands with The Snuts (who are name-dropped in his “Won’t Stop Burnin”) sharing his previous single, whilst hard rock heroes GUN were impressed enough to invite him as a guest on their summer UK tour. Other recent releases, such as “Tangled” and “All Those Years”, have also picked up support from Amazing Radio, Backseat Mafia, BBC Radio Scotland, Americana UK, RTÉ Radio 1 and Rodney Bingenheimer.
