Milk & Bone is an artistic pair comprised of Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne, but the music they make is so much more than the sum of their parts. "New York" is the first official release from the two, but they've already caught people's attention with a series of live shows and appearances with other well-known acts like TOMMY KRUISE. They've created the perfect climate for an inaugural release, and it's never a bad thing to have people already know who you are before you even put out your first track. With that said, though, all that buzz will go to waste if the music can't cash the checks they've been writing, and too many times, we see new faces crash and burn with subpar sounds despite everything else going right. Fortunately for Milk & Bone, it doesn't look like that's going to be the case for them. "New York" is a slow, but very powerful track, and it's absolutely dripping with cool. Both Camille and Laurence have great voices. It's hard to deny the magic that gets conjured up when the two harmonize over the stripped-down beat, and right from the get-go, "New York" comes out swinging. The piano chords that float through the beginning section give the song a very melancholic flavor, but you really only feel the weight of the music when you hear the synth notes that pop up in the chorus. Like a ton of bricks smashing through a window in slow-motion, these two ladies took the quiet bits and turned "New York" into something dramatic and powerful during the last third of the song. They've created something beautiful, and they've done it with the fewest moving parts possible. Enjoy this one, therefore, if you're in the mood for something that will move you, and appreciate the brilliance of the well-crafted, effective simplicity they champion so well.
Milk & Bone