YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO were an alternative rock/experimental/post-hardcore band from Sunderland/Newcastle, UK.
They were snapped up by Polydor subsidiary Fiction, the band were launched off Stateside to Chicago to record with Steve Albini, the results of which were released as the All Roads to Fault EP. The EP was released in 2004, and Yourcodenameis: Milo played stateside gigs with McClusky and A Static Lullaby around the time of its release. The band also began work on their full-length album with Flood, and contributed a track to a Smiths Tribute Album.
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO – ALL ROADS TO FAULT
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The band began an indefinite hiatus in August 2007.
However, they left behind a small but impressive back catalogue of albums that attracted a cult following, including a collaborative album, Print Is Dead with several of music’s up and coming stars of the time in 2006.
Including Tom Vek, Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly, The Futureheads, Field Music, Reuben, The Automatic, Martin Grech, Hot Club De Paris, Maxïmo Park, Lethal Bizzle, Bloc Party and ULTRA BRAiN.
They are best known for their debut 2004 mini album All Roads To Fault, which was soon followed in 2005 by the album Ignoto, both on Fiction / Polydor Records. In 2006 the band left their Polydor contract and within a month signed a new record deal with V2 Records.
The band’s second full-length album, They Came From The Sun, was released on 2 April 2007.
The albums are still available on 7digital.com & iTunes.
IGNOTO – 17
THEY CAME FROM THE SUN – UNDERSTAND
