Friday, May 08, 2015

Band Review: The Millenium


The Millenium are a pop band from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Although the single "n" in the name has been driving me crazy, I have enjoyed listening to the band. Their songs are full of heartfelt emotion, augmented by singer Matt Hassenmueller's higher pitch. He is joined by Kyle Culver on guitar; Kyle Featherstone on guitar, piano, and vocals; and Sean Koran on bass.

The band adds nice symphonic touches as appropriate, not just with synthesizer, but even by adding orchestra musicians to a recording session that is available both through their Bandcamp as Pine Hollow Sessions, but can also be watched as a video on Youtube. It all works together to lend a sense of openness, both in accessibility to fans and emotional vulnerability.

A good example of the musical detail is "No Knocks Tonight", especially listening to the intro, but "Ghost Town" has probably been my favorite track, and the video for it really works, so that may be the best starting point. It is also worth checking out their cover of Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open The Door"

The Millenium currently show a fairly heavy playing schedule for the last week of May, covering multiple states. That could be a coincidence, but it looks like they are hardworking as well.

This band should be one to watch.






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