Hot Milk formed in Manchester in 2018 around Jim Shaw on vocals and guitar, with Tom Paton on drums and Harry Deller on bass. Their debut album 'Are You Feeling Alive?' came out in 2020, featuring songs like 'Candy Coated Lie$' and 'Wide Awake' that caught some attention for their direct energy.
Their music pulls from grunge and post-punk, with guitar work that leans gritty and lyrics that often sit in personal territory. Tracks such as 'Glass Spiders' and 'I Think I Hate Myself' give a fair sense of where they land sonically, loud, melodic, and pretty upfront about it.
They've played festivals like Reading & Leeds and Download, where their live show got noted for being high-energy. The band has talked about mental health in their songs, which drew both support and some pushback, but they kept at it without much fuss.
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