Three years after their latest album, Ultraviolet, Pink Milk return with their new release, Night on Earth, which will hit the world on March 15. With their heart still at their roots and drenched in everything occult, the duo never fails to create something so authentic, and at the minimum, perfect.
Through the nine tracks, including pre-releases, ‘You Will Follow Me To Hell (Night on Earth)’ and ‘Andromeda’, the Swedish pair sends us through an almost out-of-body experience, throwing a surreal feeling into the atmosphere of each and every song. Night on Earth captures an eerie essence, but with a surrounding sense of beauty that shows Pink Milk’s undoubtable talent.
Tying together flawlessly, the first four tracks of the album, made up of the two pre-released singles, as well as the brand new ‘Everything Reminds Me of You’ and ‘Who Breaks Your Heart?’, are almost hypnotic, with firm bass and a gentle melody, laced with ethereal vocals. Track three, ‘Who Breaks Your Heart?’ is one of the most incredible songs on the album. A piece of musical genius, with the power to send a rush of serotonin to anyone listening.
‘Who Breaks Your Heart?’ runs us into ‘Andromeda’ without hesitation. Night on Earth’s signature elegant construction is not a stranger to this track, with its softness seeping through over the track’s powerful guitar.
Track five, ‘The End of the World’ is where the album shows its true colours. The previously-ethereal feel turns into a cold, creepy mood, with ghostly vocals sending chills through the melody, bringing an odd feeling of satisfaction throughout. ‘The End of the World’ may be slow, but it is insanely intense. Pink Milk has created the anthem to the world’s end, and they could not have done it any better.
‘I Walk After You’ continues this new, darker theme, with deep vocals taking the spotlight throughout the song. Being so different to the beginning tracks of the album, especially ‘You Will Follow Me To Hell (Night on Earth)’ and ‘Who Breaks Your Heart?’, it seems strange that these songs are both part of Night on Earth, yet it also makes complete sense. Pink Milk clearly has unreal talent, and a true gift when it comes to making music.
Mirroring the etherealism that Night on Earth started with, ‘I lose My Mind (Celestial Human Version)’ cuts through the darkness from the few previous tracks, and sends us back to the light that resided within the first half of the album.
‘Boy Tears’ takes the lead for the eeriness featured within Night on Earth, delivering the same unsettling sensation that is so present in horror movies. A combination of deep-cutting guitar, alongside a slow tune, and the replacement of vocals with a voicemail-themed dialogue, creates a tension that lasts to the end of the album, leaving an uneasy sense, and longing for some sort of release from the feeling.
Pink Milk’s artistic ability is almost as uncanny as Night on Earth. It feels as though the duo knew exactly what they wanted to portray through each and every second of the nine tracks, and did so in the most pleasing way possible. Night on Earth discovered new realms in the capabilities of music, and created an entire new, celestial world for listeners to turn to for the duration of the album. Although this is only their third album, the band did not hold back, and showed the extent of what they are capable of. Pink Milk will soon be taking over the world, while sending each and every one of us to theirs.
