Mildlife

Aussie indie jazz-rock quartet Mildlife sound straight out of the late 1970s. On studio albums such as 2017's Phase and 2020's Automatic, they create a lush, nearly cosmic meld of jazz fusion, psychedelia, modernist funk, and futurist disco to sound like Herbie Hancock's Headhunters playing with Can. The leaderless Mildlife was formed in Melbourne by four school friends: keyboardist/vocalist Kevin McDowell, guitarist Adam Halliwell, bassist Tom Shanahan, and oroginal drummer James Donald. Taking their initial cues from '70s rock, they went on to encompass a much broader spect...