Hot Milk have shared their new single ‘Insubordinate Ingerland’, from their second album ‘Corporation P.O.P’, set for release via Music For Nations.
The Manchester band’s latest track serves as a commentary on modern British identity, featuring gang vocals recorded with friends in vocalist Jim Shaw‘s Salford front room.
“A necessary excursion that was born quickly and forcibly. We had no choice in this song coming out of us, probably the quickest song we ever wrote lyrically,” explains Han Mee. “In modern-day England, it is difficult to know where we stand in a wishy washy world of identity politics. Who are we? Who are they telling us we are? What do we stand for? Why is the poverty gap widening? Why are old people freezing? Why is the NHS in disarray? Is our culture just the pub? But I love the pub? Is that bad? Am I just on the bevs to forget the bollocks outside? I’m so confused. This song is just that, a confused, hyperbolic look and an aggravated poke at ourselves. I’m England til I die… because I have no choice and this place might be the death of me yet.”
Shaw adds: “The fun thing about ‘insubordinate ingerland’ is that Han has had that tattooed on her terribly for a number of years as a sort of reflection as to the crumbling state of a nation that tends to do what it wants. For better or for worse. She thought fuck it let’s turn my stupid stick n poke into a song and here we are. What’s extra fun about this song is that we roped in so many mates to make it… the gang vocals were recorded by Jim in his front room in Salford with all our mates after tea one night. The video was shot in Bolton with our mates as extras and our long-term collaborator and friend Kennedy as director. It looks a lot more expensive than it was…Good lad, Kennedy.”
‘Corporation P.O.P’ was produced by Shaw alongside Zach Jones and KJ Strock. Mee, who studied politics, explains the album’s local focus: “Manchester is the best f’in city in the world. We started this band in Manchester, it’s intrinsic to me and who I am. It has to bleed into the art we create, because it helped me create it.”
Their dates in full read:
MAY
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, USA
10 Summit Music Hall, Denver, USA
11 Soundwell, Salt Lake City, USA
13 El Corazon, Seattle, USA
14 Star Theater, Portland, USA
16 Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, USA
17 Echoplex, Los Angeles, USA
18 Ben’s Bells Project | Phoenix Studio, Phoenix, USA
20 Trees, Dallas, USA
24 Slam Dunk South, UK
25 Slam Dunk North, UK
JUNE
13 The Hoe, Plymouth, UK
19 Graspop, Dessel, Belgium
20 Southside Festival, Germany
22 Hurricane Festival, Germany
24 La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
26 Jera on Air, Ysselsteyn, Netherlands
30 The Box, Luxembourg
JULY
2 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
9 2000Trees Festival, UK
26 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
27 Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, USA
AUGUST
16 Summer Sonic, Japan
17 Summer Sonic, Japan
SEPTEMBER
19 Louder Than Life Festival, Kentucky, USA
OCTOBER
2 Aftershock Festival, California, USA
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