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Milton and the Devils Party
12+ albums
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Milton and the Devils Party is an American Indie rock band from Philadelphia, PA. It was formed in 2001 by singer-songwriter-bassist Daniel Robinson and guitarist Mark Graybill. Drummer Bob Falgie joined in 2006. Critics frequently compare the band's sound to The Smiths and to R.E.M. and praise the songs' lyrics, noting that Robinson and Graybill are English professors. One review credits the band with the invention of a new sub-genre called "jangle noir". Nearly every press item on the band emphasizes the band's accessibility, urging listeners to overlook the academic credentials. One critic writes, "Sure the music is intelligent but it’s far from exclusionary". In an interview with Metro Philadelphia, Robinson says, "We don’t want people to think that we’re pompous. We don’t take ourselves too seriously." Critics also frequently compliment Graybill's guitar arrangements. As Robinson explains in numerous interviews, the name of the band is derived from a passage in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in which Blake calls the poet John Milton "a true Poet and of the Devils party without knowing it". Robinson tells Metro Philadelphia, "There’s a famous belief that (John) Milton when he wrote Paradise Lost and created the character of Satan, he inadvertently made Satan more interesting and appealing than any of the good characters. . . . It’s kind of a joke. I thought it would be a funny name for a rock band because there’s that whole silly tradition of rock Satan
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How Wicked We've Become
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About a Girl
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What Is All This Sweet Work Worth? [EXPANDED AND REVISED EDITION]
What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?
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Paste Magazine Sampler 38
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Paste magazine 38
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Paste Magazine Sampler #38: December 2007 - January 2008
You Must Contribute, Brain!
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Strange Pits Of Fashion
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What Is All This Sweet Work Worth? (Revised And Expanded)
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What Is All This Sweet Work Worth
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