It is a beautiful June evening when I catch up with The Milkman’s Union at Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain for a quick bite before their show at the Midway Café. Henry Jamison (guitar and vocals), Peter McLaughlin (drums) and Alex Hernandez (bass) are in good spirits despite competing with the first night of good weather in weeks, rush-hour traffic on their trip down from Portland, ME and a Bruins play-off game. Between bites of club sandwiches we discuss all things Milkman’s Union.
We talk first about their newest release, the Telos EP, a huge left turn towards a very folky sound. Given its departure from 2009’s full-length, Roads In, I’m curious—is Telos a Henry Jamison solo release, a demo, or just a new direction for The Milkman’s Union? The answer—All three, kind of.