From Press Release –
HOT MILK announced their sophomore album, Corporation P.O.P which is set for release on 27th June 2025. They also just released their new single, “90 Seconds To Midnight” featuring Frank Skinner.
Singer Han Mee says…
“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 video was shot by longtime friend Kennedy in their backyards of Salford. They were also able to get Skinner involved.
“His background with Room 101 (an Orwellian nod) and the fact he wrote Three Lions was a perfect fit for this bleak albeit tongue-in-cheek look at the state of the world from the grey filter of Salford.” – Says Han Mee.
Corporation P.O.P is part social commentary, showing the darker side to the world which they found themselves in when writing the record, all the while keeping their light, mocking humor throughout.
“Corporation P.O.P is a flurry of thoughts, feelings, ramblings from the 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. Corporation pop itself is a term Hans grandad used to refer to the water supply, something that runs throughout all our homes, just as current events run through us all.” – Says Jim Shaw.
“We wanted to bring it home on this record, shooting videos/photos in our backyards and out and about in Salford. This is about us, so visually it should be about us too. Written in northern Hollywood and a bedroom in Salford opposite an Aldi, this is a true juxtaposition of an album.” – Says Han Mee
Check out Hot Milk’s “90 Seconds to Midnight” below.
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Hot Milkalso announced tour dates across the UK and US this Spring and Summer.
UK Spring Tour
4th April – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh
6th April- Corporation, Sheffield
7th April- Waterfront, Norwich
9th April- O2 Academy 2, Oxford
10th April- The Globe, Cardiff
11th April- Patterns, Brighton
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US Spring Tour
16th April- The Underground, Charlotte, NC
17th April- Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
18th April-The Beacham, Orlando, FL
19th April-Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL
22nd April- Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
23rd April- Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
25th April- The Webster, Hartford, CT
26th April- Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
27th April- Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
29th April- The Canal Club, Richmond, VA
1st May- Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
2nd May- Mr Smalls Theatre, Funhouse & Cafe, Millvale, PA
3rd May- The Roxy, Cleveland, OH
4th May- Lee’s Palace, Toronto, Canada
6th May- Concord Music Hall. Chicago, IL
7th May- Fine Line, Minneapolis. MN
9th May- The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
10th May- Summit Music Hall. Denver, Co
11th May- Soudwell, Salt Lake City, UT
13th May- El Corazon, Seattle, WA
14th May- Star Theater, Portland, OR
16th May- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, CA
17th May- Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
18th May- Ben’s Bells Project | Phoenix Studio, Phoeniz, AZ
20th May- Trees, Dallas, TX
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24th May- Slam Dunk South
25th May- Slam Dunk North
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13th June Plymouth Summer Sessions @ The Hoe (with Pendulum), Plymouth
19th June Dessel Graspop, Belgium
26th June Ysselsteyn Jera on Air, Netherlands
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26th-27th July – Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, CA
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19th Sept Louder Than Life Festival, KY, USA
