Hot Milk have announced their new album 'Corporation P.O.P' with a new single video featuring Frank Skinner
Hot Milk announces June 2025 album 'Corporation P.O.P' and releases new single '90 Seconds To Midnight' featuring Frank Skinner.
Hot Milk have announced their second album 'Corporation P.O.P', set for release on 27th June via Music For Nations. Alongside the announcement, the band have shared new single '90 Seconds To Midnight', accompanied by a video featuring Frank Skinner.
Speaking about the new single, vocalist Han Mee explains, "The doomsday clock is nearing midnight and this frantic song sets the mood for the oncoming nuclear winter. We wanted to punch you proper in the face with this, this balls to the wall little riffy boy comes bounding at you relentlessly. Lyrically we took inspiration from 17th century philosopher Rousseau and the poet John Betjemen with his poem 'Slough'. Rousseau set out that humanity would never be free as we create our own shackles. In this case, we've created our own demise. Where as Betjemens poem takes this notion of demise and laughs at it, inviting the nukes in 'come friendly bombs'…. Let's set the gaff on fire and start again."
The new album, produced by Jim Shaw, Zach Jones and KJ Strock, was recorded between the band's Salford flat and a live room in LA. Jim Shaw elaborates on the record's themes: "Corporation P.O.P is a flurry of thoughts, feelings, ramblings from the afters n questions about where we're at right now in England, the further western world and emotionally. It is an entry from the perspective of us lot who live a dichotomy of months in faraway lands and then experience the sudden grounding of returning home to Salford. It's hard not to compare, contrast and try to understand. P.O.P = Payment of Pain. We all must live with the burden of modernity and this pain has been commodified; we all must pay."
Speaking about the new single, vocalist Han Mee explains, "The doomsday clock is nearing midnight and this frantic song sets the mood for the oncoming nuclear winter. We wanted to punch you proper in the face with this, this balls to the wall little riffy boy comes bounding at you relentlessly. Lyrically we took inspiration from 17th century philosopher Rousseau and the poet John Betjemen with his poem 'Slough'. Rousseau set out that humanity would never be free as we create our own shackles. In this case, we've created our own demise. Where as Betjemens poem takes this notion of demise and laughs at it, inviting the nukes in 'come friendly bombs'…. Let's set the gaff on fire and start again."
The new album, produced by Jim Shaw, Zach Jones and KJ Strock, was recorded between the band's Salford flat and a live room in LA. Jim Shaw elaborates on the record's themes: "Corporation P.O.P is a flurry of thoughts, feelings, ramblings from the afters n questions about where we're at right now in England, the further western world and emotionally. It is an entry from the perspective of us lot who live a dichotomy of months in faraway lands and then experience the sudden grounding of returning home to Salford. It's hard not to compare, contrast and try to understand. P.O.P = Payment of Pain. We all must live with the burden of modernity and this pain has been commodified; we all must pay."
Their dates in full read:
APRIL
4 La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, UK
6 Corporation, Sheffield, UK
7 Waterfront, Norwich, UK
9 O2 Academy 2, Oxford, UK
10 The Globe, Cardiff, UK
11 Patterns, Brighton, UK
16 The Underground, Charlotte, USA
17 Terminal West, Atlanta, USA
18 The Beacham, Orlando, USA
19 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, USA
22 Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, USA
23 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, USA
25 The Webster, Hartford, USA
26 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, USA
27 Gramercy Theatre, New York, USA
29 The Canal Club, Richmond, USA
MAY
1 Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, USA
2 Mr Smalls Theatre, Funhouse & Cafe, Millvale, USA
3 The Roxy, Cleveland, USA
4 Lee's Palace, Toronto, Canada
6 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, USA
7 Fine Line, Minneapolis, USA
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, USA
10 Summit Music Hall, Denver, USA
11 Soundwell, Salt Lake City, USA
13 El Corazon, Seattle, USA
14 Star Theater, Portland, USA
16 Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, USA
17 Echoplex, Los Angeles, USA
18 Ben's Bells Project | Phoenix Studio, Phoenix, USA
20 Trees, Dallas, USA
24 Slam Dunk South, UK
25 Slam Dunk North, UK
JUNE
13 Plymouth Summer Sessions @ The Hoe, Plymouth, UK
19 Dessel Graspop, Belgium
26 Ysselsteyn Jera on Air, Netherlands
JULY
26 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
27 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
SEPTEMBER
19 Louder Than Life Festival, Kentucky, USA
APRIL
4 La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, UK
6 Corporation, Sheffield, UK
7 Waterfront, Norwich, UK
9 O2 Academy 2, Oxford, UK
10 The Globe, Cardiff, UK
11 Patterns, Brighton, UK
16 The Underground, Charlotte, USA
17 Terminal West, Atlanta, USA
18 The Beacham, Orlando, USA
19 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, USA
22 Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, USA
23 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, USA
25 The Webster, Hartford, USA
26 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, USA
27 Gramercy Theatre, New York, USA
29 The Canal Club, Richmond, USA
MAY
1 Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, USA
2 Mr Smalls Theatre, Funhouse & Cafe, Millvale, USA
3 The Roxy, Cleveland, USA
4 Lee's Palace, Toronto, Canada
6 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, USA
7 Fine Line, Minneapolis, USA
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, USA
10 Summit Music Hall, Denver, USA
11 Soundwell, Salt Lake City, USA
13 El Corazon, Seattle, USA
14 Star Theater, Portland, USA
16 Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, USA
17 Echoplex, Los Angeles, USA
18 Ben's Bells Project | Phoenix Studio, Phoenix, USA
20 Trees, Dallas, USA
24 Slam Dunk South, UK
25 Slam Dunk North, UK
JUNE
13 Plymouth Summer Sessions @ The Hoe, Plymouth, UK
19 Dessel Graspop, Belgium
26 Ysselsteyn Jera on Air, Netherlands
JULY
26 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
27 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
SEPTEMBER
19 Louder Than Life Festival, Kentucky, USA
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