Listen to Melkbelly’s New Songs “KMS Express” and “Precious Cargo”

Chicago
noise-rock
band

Melkbelly
are
back
with
their
first
new
music
in
over
three
years.
The
quartet
has
shared

a
7″
single
featuring
the
tracks
“KMS
Express”
and
“Precious
Cargo.”
Listen
to
the
new
songs
below
(via

Exploding
in
Sound).

According
to
Melkbelly
drummer
James
Wetzel,
“KMS
Express”
and
“Precious
Cargo”
were
created
“directly
in
response
to
the
void
of
live
shows.”

Singer
and
guitarist
Miranda
Winters
added:

The
songs
are
also
about
what
tethers
us
to
reality.
Stuff
like—the
intense
relationships
between
bandmates,
having
children,
playing
shows,
love
and
a
bunch
of
other
visceral
bullshit.
Stuff
lost
during
lockdown
that
we’re
ready
to
figure
out
how
to
get
back
to
now.

It’s
been
just
about
four
years
since
Melkbelly’s
last
studio
album,


Pith.
The
band’s
snarling
2020
rock
album
featured
the
notable
tracks
“Humid
Heart”
and
“LCR.”
Since

Pith,
Melkbelly
have
been
fairly
quiet—in
part
due
to

the
pandemic
interrupting
their
record
release
plans—except
for
a
contribution
to


Simply
Having
a
Wonderful
Compilation,
a
holiday
album
organized
by
Father/Daughter
and
Wax
Nine
Records
featuring
Melkbelly’s
cover
Everclear’s
of
“Hating
You
for
Christmas.”

Read
about

Pith
on
Pitchfork’s
list
of
“The
35
Best
Rock
Albums
of
2020.”