Milo Greene and the Art of Control

When Milo Greene was just starting out, he was a fictional booking agent created to help land Milo Greene (the band) live shows. The cinematic indie-pop group has come a long way since then: releasing two studio albums, recording with producer Jesse Shatkin (Sia, Foster the People, Ellie Goulding), and headlining their own tour. The Los Angeles band is known for its unusual creative team — four members who all double as singers and songwriters. Next Tuesday, Milo Greene returns to the road for the band’s first headlining tour in support of its brand-new album, Control. Stop one: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club on Tuesday, February 10. In anticipation, I talked with vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Heringer about Control, collaboration, and makeup.

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Is there an overarching vision for Control? The word “control” is a pretty good image for what we’re trying to do. We have four songwriters, so figuring out who is in control of what is important. You know, somebody in the band is better at lyrics, someone’s better at guitar, someone is better at the business side of things, or setting up the stage. For all of us — four singers, four songwriters, four people who are businessmen and women in a lot of ways — we seek control to utilize everybody’s abilities in the best way we can.