INTERVIEWSHear Milk Music's Distorted Thrill Ride 'Cruising With God'

From the Olympia band's April 'Cruise Your Illusion' LP

Washington-based bashers Milk Music have a full-length coming on April 2 — a grunge-addled alt-punk slab of emotive gnarl called Cruise Your Illusion en route via Fat Possum Records. A month ago we heard the aptly titled "I've Got a Wild Feeling," in itself a pedal-pushing whirlwind of whine and grind, and before that we damaged our necks freaking out to the far scruffier "Violence Now." But now we've got a new one to devour and it's only putting our vertebrae at further risk. "Cruising With God" is a top-down hair-whipper of the highest and holiest order — reason to saw the top off yer Civic and drive in circles to the shrill sound of guitars being gorgeously abused. Just do it:

Milk Music tour dates:

March 9 - Monterey MX @ MX-NRML Festival
March 15 - Seattle WA @ Black Lodge *
March 16 - Vancouver BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
March 17 - Olympia WA @ The Northern *
March 18 - Portland OR @ Star Theater *
March 20 - Reno NV @ The Holland Show Space at Rainshadow *
March 23 - San Francisco CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
March 24 - Las Vegas NV @ Beauty Bar *
March 25 - Santa Ana CA @ Unit B Studio *
March 28 - Bakersfield CA @ Munoz Gym +
March 29 - Los Angeles CA @ The Echoplex +
March 31 - San Diego CA @ The Casbah +
April 1 - Tempe AZ @ Deadhorse Warehouse +
May 30 - Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas
June 2 - Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas
June 4 - Dallas TX @ Club Dada #
June 6 - Louisville KY @ The Workhorse Ballroom #
June 7 - Columbus OH @ Ace of Cups #
June 8 - Pittsburgh PA @ The 6119 #
June 9 - Boston MA @ TT The Bears #
June 10 - Burlington VT @ The Monkey House #
June 11 - Montreal QC @ Il Motore #
June 17 - Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #
June 18 - Washington DC @ DC9 #
June 19 - Richmond VA @ Strange Matter #
June 20 - Charlotte NC @ The Milestone #
June 21 - Atlanta GA @ 529 #
June 22 - Gainesville FL @ The Atlantic #
June 23 - Miami FL @ Churchill’s

* w/ Gun Outfit
+ w/ Iceage
# w/ Merchandise, Destruction Unit