Mildlife

Oozing onto the scene with their 2017 debut LP Phase, Mildlife have swiftly grown into one of Australia’s most acclaimed acts/outfits, carving out a niche wholly of their own, one that traverses jazz, dance and psychedelic music into a curiously singular, entirely entrancing/transcendent and moveable amalgam greater than the sum of its individual parts. Mildlife’s second studio album Automatic consolidated the foundations of Phase, debuting at #8 on the ARIA Album Charts upon release. More discipline, directional and arguably more danceable than their debut, Automatic garnered plaudits from across the critical spectrum, with praise from NME AU (Best Australian Albums of 2020), Mixdown (“their most immersive listening experience to date”), The Age, The Guardian, CLASH, MTV AU, Brooklyn Vegan and more, including a four star review from The Sydney Morning Herald (“a skillful juggle of sonic ingredients”) and a four-and-a-half star review in Rolling Stone AU, who dubbed the album “the record of a lifetime”. It all culminated in the band winning their first-ever ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album in 2021, which was followed up in 2022 with another win for the recording of their Mildlife Live At South Channel Island motion picture, an hour-long performance that saw the band masterfully recreate the magic of their much-vaunted live shows framed by the gorgeous surrounds of Port Phillip Bay.