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You Got Me Girl - Thee Milkshakes

1984

Fuzz, swagger, repeat

Thee Milkshakes keep it gloriously simple: gritty guitars, infectious hooks, and endless charm.

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The Milkshakes - Black Sails (In The Moonlight) (1982)

As described on the back cover - "a rollicking beat for this vaguely reminiscent number." Not to be confused with Red Sails in the Sunset.

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Billy Childish *December 1, 1959

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POP RIVETS - (I'm So) Happy Tonight

#england #new wave #uk punk #70's punk #powerpop #punk rock #the pop rivets #billy childish #thee milkshakes #thee headcoats #hipocrite records #1980 #urbanenemy

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"It's You" - Mickey & The Milkshakes (1982)

As much as I enjoy any of garage punk guru Billy Childish's bands, Mickey Hampshire and his hoarse vocals, resembling that of the late Joe Strummer in so many ways, was the reason I love Thee Milkshakes.

“...For all of the band's retro posturing and locked-in-time songwriting, Hampshire was a fantastic, expressive rock & roll singer, underrated to this day. He rocked hard but also wrote desperate, mid-tempo ballads that contrasted with Childish's lo-fi stomping and Link Wray idolatry...

...Hampshire's singing—his howling, really—always felt sincere to me, well past derivative into emotionally sound (...) He sang with a half-grin. And he was a great screamer, too (...) He always sounded drunk...”

Joe Bonomo, author