Hot Milk have released “Bloodstream” the third single from their forthcoming, debut album.
On the surface, “Bloodstream” boasts all of the usual masterful pop-rock veneer, stadium-filling melodic ambition, and musicality full of the impish spark the band have long since honed. But here is also a despairing love song, one that’s lyrical soul searching delves to the depths in order to understand the feeling of connection so strong it can come as a detriment.
Lead singer Han Mee explains the song came to them, instead of being chased down through long hours in a studio and was written “in its entirety in the haunted early hours in Los Angeles. We started it in the early hours just as it was home time… Immediately, we knew that this song was something different for us, yet had come from nowhere. One of them rare moments where the song jumped from the ether and wanted—nay, needed—to be written”
That feeling of necessity, a song almost undeniable and inescapable, mirrors the feelings of unhealthy adoration, themes of chasing short-term thrills, and how those situations can lead to self-loathing As Han puts it, “Unhealthy adoration comes in many forms; the short-term thrill for the post-high collapse can create an abusive relationship. You think it’s love; you think you’re in control; you think you can say no if you needed to, but you’re not the one in the driving seat anymore.”
Hot Milk will embark on their own headline tour this Autumn. The tour will take in six shows across the U.K. including the O2 Kentish Town Forum, London for their biggest headline show to date. Support comes from Witch Fever and Modern Error.
Hot Milk Headline Tour
18 November 2023 – SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow
19 November 2023 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (SOLD OUT)
21 November 2023 – The Trinity Centre, Bristol
22 November 2023 – O2 Kentish Town Forum, London
24 November 2023 – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham
25 November 2023 – Manchester Academy, Manchester
Festival, Cuxhaven, Germany
22nd July 2023- Lollapalooza Paris, France
4th August 2023- Pride Rock at Patterns, Brighton
25 August 2023 – Leeds Festival, Leeds UK
27 August 2023 – Reading Festival, Reading UK
W/ Foo Fighters 2023
4th December 2023 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia
9th December 2023 Accor Stadium, Sydney Australia
12th December 2023 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Australia
W/ Foo Fighters 2024
22nd June 2024 – London Stadium, London
27th June 2024 – Villa Park Birmingham
With A Call to the Void, Hot Milk will launch themselves into the upper echelons of the British rock scene.
A Call to the Void will be released on August 25 on Music For Nations. Preorder the album here.
