Death By Milkfloat

Death by Milkfloat: The Lost Attic Years

1985-1992

Based in Hull, art school trio Death By Milkfloat honed their juxtaposed stylings in the mid to late 1980’s: anchored together by Art college aesthetics, and collective support from Hull’s ‘golden hour’ music scene of those reflective times.

1985 - A squeaky cassette found its way into John Peel's in-tray, and it wasn’t long before DBM became a regular part of the Peel Acres furniture.

“Straight in at number 6 in my heart” - John Peel

May 2026 sees the bandcamp release of their 2 John Peel sessions on Vinyl & Lossless Download (Take Advice 001). Recorded in Maida Vale 1986/87, the sessions reflect an impassioned relationship between 3 disparate musicians following the well-trodden Art School to -post punk, -post rock, -post jazz, -post-post path. Angular constructions, short and lean, playfully twisting the narrative of indie-rock, the sessions exist as an early indicator of their sonic experimentation.

Simultaneously released is Milkfloat's ‘lost’ album ‘Processed’. Recorded at Fairview studios 1990, a limited special package CD combines the album with their 1991 single ‘Rule and Thumb’ (Take Advice 002). Together they document the progression that DBM made over their short, proactive existence, and reflects a creativity attuned to those lost times.