Silver Linings Milow

• 1Learning How to Disappear03:43
• 2Echoes in the Dark03:19
• 3We Must Be Crazy03:31
• 4Mistaken03:59
• 5Blue Skies02:27
• 6Against the Tide03:07
• 7Wind Me Up03:36
• 8You're Still Alive In My Head04:03
• 9The Golden Hour02:59
• 10My Mother's House03:52
• 11The Loneliest Girl In The World (Live)02:59
• 12So Long So Long (Live)03:44
• 13Minus One (Live)03:01
• 14Cowboys Pirates Musketeers (Live)03:46
• 1522 Children (Live)03:22
• 16Eye Of The Storm (Live)02:31
• 17Arms of a Better Man (Live)02:35
• 18I Was A Famous Singer (Live)03:51
• Total Runtime01:00:25

Info for Silver Linings

If Milow detests anything, it's repetition. Each of his albums stands for a specific time. While the previous album North And South, an absolute feel-good work, stood for the realisation of his dream of being able to tour Europe without interruption, on Silver Linings Jonathan Vandenbroeck shows his melancholy side as a clearly matured artist personality. The ten songs on the album enchant with the irresistible hooks for which the charismatic musician was already loved on his earlier albums. The songs have great pull, possess depth and reveal the innermost. In the past, Milow wrote very direct, literal lyrics, but on Silver Linings he works with images and metaphors. Although it is always about very personal experiences as well as introspective thoughts and ideas, Milow's songs have a universal dimension, the messages in his songs are individually comprehensible.

Sometimes in life you have to let go to get things back on track. That was also true for Milow. The charismatic singer/songwriter from Belgium landed one hit after another from 2006 onwards, triumphed in countless concerts as a grandiose storyteller and musician. No question: The first decade of the new millennium is inseparably linked with the soft, yet enormously haunting voice of Jonathan Vandenbroeck, as Milow's real name is. And with his top hits like "Ayo Technology", "You Don't Know", "You And Me (In My Pocket)" or "Little In The Middle".

After a longer break from touring, the artist will present his new songs - as well as all the big hits, of course - at the already very well sold "We Must Be Crazy" summer dates in Wolfhagen, Munich, Salem, Hanau and Bochum. An extensive headlining tour through Europe will follow in autumn. Between 4 September and 26 November, Milow will perform in Berlin, Hamburg, Flensburg, Bremen, Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart, Freiburg, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Bielefeld and Bamberg. Together with his top-class band, Milow will once again underline his status as a great musician and charismatic live performer.

At the end of 2011, however, it was time for Milow to pause. "I felt incredibly drained after five years of touring virtually non-stop," he says. Physically as well as mentally. So in January 2012 he spontaneously bought a ticket for a flight to Los Angeles, rented a flat there and did nothing for a while. "Just relax. And above all: sleep!" he says about his first time in the Californian metropolis. A musician of his calibre cannot, of course, keep his creativity under lock and key indefinitely. Soon he had melodies and song lines in his head again. Sounding ideas that gradually matured and finally became complete songs - excellent, catchy and compelling songs from his new album "Silver Linings". One of the first titles: the single "We Must Be Crazy". About this piece of self-reflection bathed in wonderful harmonies, Milow says: "The song describes my personal journey, but at the same time it's also aimed at all those who also feel trapped in some way and would like a change."

Milow recorded most of the songs on the new album live at Fairfax Recordings studio in L.A.. A music history sound forge (formerly called Sound City Studios) where album classics by Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Nirvana and Tom Petty were created. Hardly less legendary during the sessions were his accompanying musicians. Among them: Larry Goldings (James Taylor, Maceo Parker) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie). Milow's sound concept for "Silver Linings" was "the magic of the moment" - a magic that happens when "great musicians make music together. With the aim of creating something timeless."

The sensitive musician has fully succeeded in this demanding endeavour. Musically more varied than ever, the spiritual chronicler of our world strings together song pearl after song pearl. Sometimes he wraps his poetic song lines in gentle pop-folk sounds, then again - as in the elegiac "Echoes In The Dark" - he uses modern sounds and rhythms.

"Accordingly, these are then also turned out in a relaxed manner, only rarely is the tempo picked up on SILVER LININGS..." (Good Times)

Milow

Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck)
Over the last few years Belgian artist Milow has emerged as one of Europe’s most exciting young talents: a plugged-in singer-songwriter with the ability to touch a crowd and the pop know-how required to make great records. He’s an old-school soul with a new-fashioned sensibility. Milow’s music gleams with the inherited song craft of his heroes but it also reflects a point of view all his own. For many artists, success means stop; for Milow, who has sold more than a million albums in Europe, it’s a reason to go. After five years of non-stop touring and having released several well-received albums, Milow moved to Southern California in 2012. Not to start conquering the US, but to recharge his batteries in a sun-drenched region where he had lived before. With the same humble spirit that originally inspired him to start writing songs as a teenager, he patiently worked on his next move in seclusion in a city where no one knew him.

The result of this two-year journey is reflected on the folky new album "Silver Linings”. Milow reveals himself as a mature artistic personality and shows a much more melancholic side. The ten songs on "Silver Linings" captivate the listener with the irresistible hooks that the charismatic musician was so loved for on his earlier albums, and draw the listener in. The album was recorded live in Los Angeles at Fairfax Recordings, the studio known in music history as Sound City Studios; great albums by Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Neil Young and Nirvana were created here. Together with his producer of many years Jo Francken (who was at the helm for both Milow’s European debut “Milow" and "North and South") and Kevin Augunas (known for his work for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Lumineers, Cold War Kids and Valerie June), Milow surrounded himself with an illustrious team: Clif Norrell (Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., Tom Petty) was at the mixing desk, Larry Goldings (James Taylor, Norah Jones, Maceo Parker) was on keyboards and Matt Chamberlain (Fiona Apple, David Bowie, Kanye West) on drums. Guitars were provided by Val McCullum (Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson) and Tom Vanstiphout (a member of Milow's band since 2007). The album features a 13-piece live string section, as well as additional guests like Roger Manning Jr. (Beck), Greg Leisz (Ray LaMontagne, Eric Clapton) and introduces Courtney Marie Andrews, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Seattle who has already released four solo albums, providing backing vocals.

The combination of the intimate and the widescreen has won Milow a devoted fanbase across Europe, not to mention a list of achievements that includes hit singles, platinum albums, sold-out tours, performances at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals and millions upon millions of YouTube hits. What’s more, he’s accomplished all this as his own boss, releasing music through Homerun Records, a label he founded in 2005 in his bedroom. “I just never wanted to have to answer to anyone else,” he says of the DIY operation. “It’s always been my call.” A sophisticated music-scene veteran with the bottomless energy of a beginner, Milow’s ready for what’s next.

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