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HOT MILK – BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE, 20.11.2025

With their second full-length studio album, ‘Corporation P.O.P’, re- in the band’s music. New album, ‘Corporation P.O.P’, particularly, poses
leased in June, a whistle-stop Hot Milk tour of the UK was, naturally, in many thoughts and feelings about the UK and world in general, and
order. After gracing Glasgow and London with their presence, the band tonight’s show (and tour, in general) includes quite a number of songs
then headed to Birmingham before a fourth and final hometown show in from the new album.
Manchester. But, while the subject matter is serious, a Hot Milk show is a delight
Warning sirens signal the band’s arrival onto the O2 Institute stage to be at, and Han tells the crowd, “We’re forgetting about the world out
before ‘Hell Is On Its Way’, rather aptly, opens the show. The room is lit there for one night only.”
red. A pounding drum beat by Harry Deller lays the foundation, Tom Older songs such as ‘I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
Paton’s bass adds pulsing, cavernous tones, before vocalist/guitarist Han WHEN I’M DEAD’ incite a loud singalong, ‘Sunburn From Your Bible’
Mee exposingly sings, ‘Aren’t you scared to death? It’s just a button sees a mighty moshpit and ‘Glass Spiders’ creates a wave of crowd
press. We’re atomised, cauterised in a bloodbath.’ The socially/politically- surfers. Jim and Han take turns singing the lyrics to songs, which is just
inspired lyrics are stark truths of today’s world. Co-vocalist/guitarist Jim one of the many reasons that Hot Milk are a little bit special. Jim plays a
Shaw takes over the vocals, divulging, ‘Their violent fantasy. We are the short riff before ‘Bad Influence’ (from 2022’s ‘The King And Queen Of
victims of irony.’ Han Mee, who studied politics at university, has said that Gasoline’ EP), which gets a big cheer from the crowd. Jim starts the vo-
she’s very impacted by the world’s issues and this, naturally, comes out cals on this song. Both Jim and Han’s vocals are impressively powerful.

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