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Milieux

by Milieux

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    Debut album of Milieux by: Edy Varde now available on CD

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1.
Mga Nagsasalitang Dako 02:38
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2.
Crystal Ship 04:48
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3.
Sunday in reverse 02:21
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4.
Short Story 01:40
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5.
Short Story (Piano Version) 01:51
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6.
Teenage Mistakes 05:12
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7.
Lucid Habit 04:08
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8.
Gallows Humor 03:23
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9.
Cafe Window 02:45
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about

If likened to a place, Millieux—both band and album—feel vaguely like the backdrop of a shifting scene. It’s a temporary oasis after a long sojourn. Or an aural diary of someone who has definitely seen some shit, but continues to live through it—albeit with more somber, grateful eyes.

More than a side quest, Edy Varde treats Milieux like a stage for new stories told through unmistakable nods to new wave and dark wave, fringed with 80s and early 90s shoegaze. Forlorn riffs do most of the talking (words optional), paired with languid footage that give a glimpse into and through Varde’s life and eyes. Together, the tracks are a humble, life-affirming celebration of the artist’s newfound permutation of tools to tell stories with. In Varde’s words, the act of creating the record Varde likens it to himself “peddling his own medicine”.

While the visuals are ambient and familiar, the way they’re shot and stitched together feels like Varde’s signature, signing off on the scenes that show intimate details of the ordinary. Nonetheless, Varde keeps his gaze and lenses open, wandering over both the sludge of middle class Filipino living and the perpetual magic and warmth and tenderness of family and home life, honest art, music, and the erratic wonder of living.
-Nikki Ignacio

Upon listening to the first track of this album, I immediately felt a nostalgic moment bringing me back to when my dad and uncles would play "New Wave hits" and tracks from the 80's. It kind of has the same feeling but a different emotion is taking place.
It seems that the guitar is trying to tell me something, a story about where it's been, where it is, and where it would be. It took me to places in my mind where I couldn't, where I've never been. The happiness was profound but familiar.

There was a point that I was just laying gibberish lyrics on the music. Track after track tells me about a different place and a specific setting for my mood. A unique experience for each individual on how the sounds are interpreted and embraced. - Felix of This Respect

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released July 5, 2021

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Utter Records Malabon City, Philippines

A Movement with wide intermixture of “musaakal” taste from experimental dub, trip hop, no wave, post punk, two tone ska, folk noir, surf rock and atonalities. A medicine for those who are not satisfied in the stagnant world of popular music

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