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Lost track from glammy 70s power pop cult legends, Milk ‘n’ Cookies
04.04.2014
12:54 pm
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For a while, I think Milk ‘n’ Cookies’ eponymous album was one of those records that rock snobs used to test the depths of one anothers’ esoteric knowledge. Though the band members definitely played for more famous outfits (bass player Sal Maida was in Roxy Music and Sparks, and even played on The Runaways “Waiting for the Night”), Milk ‘n’ Cookies’ fantastic combo of pop hooks and glam nastiness always takes a little digging to undercover. The band released one LP in 1975, and their seemingly counterintuitive “cutesy dirtbag” image apparently appealed to both teenyboppers and the crowds of CBGB and Max’s Kansas City.

Despite a loyal New York following, their career was short-lived—when a single didn’t chart their second album was shelved. Members went different directions and Milk ‘n’ Cookies was no more, but the band has experienced a revival in recent years, even playing a reunion show in 2005 to awestruck power pop fans. You can hear a full-length live performance, recorded at CBGB in either 1975 or 1976, at WFMU, and this new (old) track is classic Milk ‘n’ Cookies—girly vocals, dirty guitars, and pumping beat. If you’re not down with Milk ‘n’ Cookies, get on it!

Brooklyn indie Captured Tracks will be releasing a three LP set of the 1975 Milk ‘n’ Cookies album with unreleased tracks, like the one below, “Nots,” later this year.
 

 
Via Noisey

Posted by Amber Frost
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04.04.2014
12:54 pm
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