In September 2020, the darkest depths of lockdown, the Toronto band Mil-Spec launched their full-length debut World House, and it completely fucking dominated. Mil-Spec’s type is each melodic and majestic, and it attracts on touchstones like DC’s Revolution Summer and Turning Point’s brief catalogue with out being beholden to them. The music on World House was huge and bold with out sacrificing physicality, and it meant an entire lot to me.
Later this yr, Mil-Spec will observe World House with their sophomore LP, and so they’ve simply dropped its first single. “The Days Don’t End” is a surging, anthemic rager that rides an enormous tide of riffage. Singer Andrew Peden feels like a kaiju who’s misplaced in contemplation, eager about how even his nuclear breath can’t cease the cruel passage of time. It’s an oddly stunning tune, however it’s not so stunning which you can’t mosh to it.
Mil-Spec made the video for “The Days Don’t End” with director Ethan Hibionada, and so they shot it at Scarborough’s Guild Park and at Scarborough Bluffs. The video riffs on the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer,” and it seems to be absurd and funky in equal measure. Below, try the video for “The Days Don’t End” and Mil-Spec’s upcoming dates.
TOUR DATES:
5/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ TV Eye *
5/24 – Boston, MA ! The Sinclair *
5/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
5/26 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
7/14 – Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks ^
* with Narrow Head & Graham Hunt
^ with Silversteinn & Nightwell
Mil-Spec’s new album is coming later this yr on Lockin’ Out.