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Milemarker
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Milemarker are an indie rock group originally formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A longtime part of the Chapel Hill and Chicago underground music scenes, Milemarker have slowly gained in popularity for their eclectic stylings and unique sound, which has shifted from an experimental electronic format to heavier alternative rock in recent years. Their 2005 US tour after the release of Ominosity featured heavy drums following winding guitars and vocals alternating from contemplative and narrative to shrieking and visceral.
Milemarker often use word play and ironic lyrics in their songs. Examples include “Frigid Forms Sell You Warmth” (“there’s a product line attached to every form of suicide”) and “A Quick Trip to the Clinic” (“died of pneumonia that I got on the walk to get my flu shot”), both from 2000’s Frigid Forms Sell; “From Russia With Love” (“everybody needs a good Red Scare”) from 1999’s Changing Caring Humans; and “Virtual Sex” (“it’s not too personal to get personable with the personnel”) from 2005’s Ominosity. The title of the band’s sixth full-length album, Satanic Versus, is itself a play on “Satanic Verses”. Milemarker also often employ a satirical or introspective slant toward social issues such as materialism (“Frigid Forms Sell You Warmth”, “A Quick Trip to the Clinic”, “Shrink To Fit”), technology (“Internet Relay Chat with the Central Intelligence Agency”, “Server Error”, “Ant Architect”, “Virtual Sex”), and even women’s roles (“Food For Worms”), and have also referenced Orwellian (“New Lexicon”) and apocalyptic (“Tundra”, “Sun Out”) themes.
Milemarker often use word play and ironic lyrics in their songs. Examples include “Frigid Forms Sell You Warmth” (“there’s a product line attached to every form of suicide”) and “A Quick Trip to the Clinic” (“died of pneumonia that I got on the walk to get my flu shot”), both from 2000’s Frigid Forms Sell; “From Russia With Love” (“everybody needs a good Red Scare”) from 1999’s Changing Caring Humans; and “Virtual Sex” (“it’s not too personal to get personable with the personnel”) from 2005’s Ominosity. The title of the band’s sixth full-length album, Satanic Versus, is itself a play on “Satanic Verses”. Milemarker also often employ a satirical or introspective slant toward social issues such as materialism (“Frigid Forms Sell You Warmth”, “A Quick Trip to the Clinic”, “Shrink To Fit”), technology (“Internet Relay Chat with the Central Intelligence Agency”, “Server Error”, “Ant Architect”, “Virtual Sex”), and even women’s roles (“Food For Worms”), and have also referenced Orwellian (“New Lexicon”) and apocalyptic (“Tundra”, “Sun Out”) themes.
Videos
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Milemarker - Banner To The Sick
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milemarker "cryogenic sleep"
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Milemarker - New Lexicon
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ciber_punx wrote:
que es buena esta banda
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nuclearrabbit33 wrote:
Ominosity>>>Satanic Versus IMO. It's a different sound for them but, to me, Satanic Versus is WAY overrated. Frigid Forms Sell>Anaesthetic>Ominosity>Satanic Versus
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MagicoGonzalez wrote:
I miss Roby Newton. Milemarker trilogy (Frigid Forms Sell, Anaesthetic & Satanic Versus) for Jade Tree is amazing, but the last record is far from them.
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lagginswag wrote:
straight up love
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Mychoice wrote:
Challenger, a more hard rock-oriented side project of Milemarker consisting of original members Al Burian and Dave Laney and newcomer Tim Remis, released their debut album Give People What They Want in Lethal Doses in 2004
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HeartsThatHate wrote:
does anyone know what happened to this band?
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shrink to fit + new lexicon + food chain + the banner to the sick + idle hands = fucking amazing
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nENOKRAH wrote:
.. oO at least the songs i have listened so far! :)
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StigmataTickles wrote:
Pfft, The craptacularness of limewire has forced me to spend 30 bucks on a few CDs of theirs. still, all in all a great buy.
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nENOKRAH wrote:
this band is so awful .. oO
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senorblanco wrote:
ExcessiveClap! M'man with the Empire State Games!
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scarbachi wrote:
i listened to a couple albums, and that makes me a top listener? c'mon, people.
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Unfinish3d wrote:
Okay.
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ExcessiveClap wrote:
start commenting on this amazing band!
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- bdewolff, kaiserxav, erbeerblau and 3 other people added Milemarker to their libraries. 2 hours ago
- markusmaria tagged Milemarker with ‘post-hardcore’. last month
- elcaninha, Cints, Bulgakow and 1 other person added Milemarker to their libraries. last month
- juancarlitos connected Milemarker to the group we fucking love music. last month
- ei_gor tagged Milemarker with ‘best live band ever’. August 2008
- notcove added Milemarker to notcove’s library. August 2008
- thereceivingend tagged Milemarker with ‘post-hardcore’. August 2008
- hindubatman added Milemarker to hindubatman’s library. August 2008
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More Information
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- Al Burian
- Dave Laney
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