The Milling Gowns

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The Milling Gowns are a Gloom-Pop, Post-Punk, Shoegaze band from Boston. The Milling Gowns began in the bedroom of lead singer M. After years of singing in Punk, Post-Punk and Shoegaze bands that rarely left town, M. left his small hometown on the seacoast of New Hampshire for the city of Boston and set out to join a band. In 2006 he decided to just make music on his own, adopting the name The Milling Gowns. One day he met pianist Sharon Crumrine who agreed to play on a few of his songs. The sessions worked out well and they decided to continue working together and form a band. With the addition of drummer Jeffrey Scott Mays and bassist John Stazinski they began playing shows around Boston and in 2007, recorded an EP titled "Light Of The World Shine On Me". Produced by Perry Geyer (of the 80's Nettwerk band Manufacture) and self released. Soon after the EP was released, Stazinski was replaced by Sam Spencer who was the bass player in a couple other bands with Mays. During this period The Milling Gowns were often joined on stage by Betty Widerski a violin/viola player who had been a longtime member of an Irish-Punk band The Gobshites. Eventually Widerski became a full-time member of the band. When The Milling Gowns decided to record a full length album Spencer and Mays left the band, unable to commit to three bands. Instead of replacing drums and bass The Milling Gowns decided to enlist the help of their many musician friends as guests on the record, but ultima

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