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Apr 12, 2013Cruise Your Illusion doesn't disappoint; what the Washington four-piece have accomplished is as authentic as the influences that ooze from its fuzz, and warmer than an Arabian armpit.
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Apr 2, 2013Cruise Your Illusion is a record that will likely be spinning on turntables well into the future.
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Apr 22, 2013All shot through with the psychedelic heft of Neil Young & Crazy Horse, this is not a flash in the pan, a fumble in the dark or an album which loses its way but a cosmic paean to perfectionism that creates order out of the most beautiful chaos.
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Apr 17, 2013If you want to make good, solid, loud rock music in the new millennium, this is your blue print.
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Apr 10, 2013Rock music is ultimately about a wild feeling, and Milk Music are delivering it in just the right place.
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Apr 5, 2013On their full-length debut, Milk Music keeps those influences intact with raw, warm sludgy rock that brings them out of the fuzzy shell of 2010′s Beyond Living EP helping to secure a unique personal identity that respectfully builds on a classic sound.
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Apr 2, 2013Cruise Your Illusion holds enough of the band's personality to keep them from being a '90s cover band, but at times, the weight of their ragged influences sits heavy enough on the songs to obscure their most original aspects.
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Apr 2, 2013Cruise Your Illusion sounds like proud, but humble music from a band doing exactly what they want on their terms.
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Apr 8, 2013Cruise Your Illusion holds its ground, but there are sociological elements to Milk Music's story that make the experience of the record even more fun.
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MagnetApr 16, 2013Aside from getting off on the wrong foot and then later making an awkward exit, the bulk of Illusion is a bristling. [No. 97, p.57]
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Apr 2, 2013The highs on The Men’s album are higher than Milk Music’s, but Cruise Your Illusion is the more cohesive statement.
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Apr 3, 2013From the lean, scrappy production value to the grandiose guitar solos and Alex Coxen’s wobbling, vocal delivery a la Grant Hart, the record has the messy fingerprints of indie rock’s cherished first wave smeared all over it.