Harmony Rose is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist in indie pop band The Milk Blossoms. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rose’s family moved to rural Colorado during her elementary school years and she attended high school in Durango. It was there that she met and befriended her future bandmate Michelle Rocqet. Right out of high school Rose moved to Portland, Oregon for about a year and began her initial forays into songwriting before ultimately landing in Denver where she lived with a friend at a house show venue putting her in the right place at the right time to be involved with one of the peak periods of DIY music culture in the Mile High City. As circumstance would have it Rocqet was looking for a place to live shortly afterward and moved into the same house where the two formed the foundation of the band that would come to be called The Milk Blossoms. Initially calling their collective project Architect, the band became something of a staple in the DIY music world and as their music and songwriting developed they changed the name to The Milk Blossoms. With the addition of multi-instrumentalist Blair Larson, The Milk Blossoms definitely made their mark on the local scene and their unique and emotionally rich melodies and vulnerable songwriting struck a chord well beyond the DIY music world with the then trio having been a featured artist on live radio shows and the Sounds on 29th program in 2016 on Rocky Mountain PBS.
To date, The Milk Blossoms have two albums Worrier (2015) and Dry Heave The Heavenly (2018) with a third featuring the new lineup due out in 2024. The immediacy of the songs The Milk Blossoms has been striking in both the music itself and the thoughtful and emotionally resonant lyrics from the beginning but with the new set of songs, Rose feels like she has focused more on the discipline of her craft in singing to a click track to bring more consistency to the recording process. Although Rocqet stepped away from the band in 2023 to focus more on her academic pursuits and professional opportunities in New York City, she had been active in the production of the new album which includes contributions from current members William Overton (keyboards, formerly of Loanword), David Samuelson (bass, member of Church Fire and formerly of Bangtel and Culture Pig) and Tyler Lindgren (drums, engineering, formerly of Holophrase and True Aristocrats). Whatever the configuration at the heart of the music of The Milk Blossoms is a delicacy of feeling and unexpectedly powerful emotional impact on the recordings and especially in the live setting.
Listen to our interview with Harmony Rose on Bandcamp and catch The Milk Blossoms at The Black Buzzard on Friday, September 15, 2023 with Isadora Eden and Bell Mine. For more information regarding The Milk Blossoms, visit one of the links below the interview.
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