Hot Milk
The King and Queen of Gasoline
(Music for Nations)
★★★

KNOWN for stand out single California Burning — a rally cry against greed and the ruling class — emo power pop duo Hot Milk, consisting of Han Mee and Jim Shaw, have released their latest call to the disaffected youth of today.

This six-track EP — The King and Queen of Gasoline — comes across as a mini concept album telling a tale of tearaways fighting the system and creating a movement of their own.
 
The twin vocals play off one another with a rock guitar driven soundtrack that occasionally segues into melodic emo a la early Pale Waves or The 1975 with a bit of Yungblud attitude mixed in.

This album could do with a bit more of the fire of the band’s live set, but it’s accomplished emo power pop with some interesting twists that surprise and sooth the listener as well as shout directly to the soul.