Ocky Milk
2006 studio album by Momus
Ocky Milk is the 19th studio album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on 10 March 2006 through Momus' own label, Analog Baroque (a division of Cherry Red Records), and re-issued through independent label American Patchwork. It is currently distributed on CD by Darla Records.
Background
Ocky Milk was recorded between 2005 and Summer 2006. Originally set to be called "The Friendly Album", the album was first announced on Momus' long-running blog, Click Opera, in March 2005. Momus, who had spent much of the 2000s living in and visiting Japan, recruited American producer Rusty Santos to record the initial demos in Berlin, adding further samples from Enka music during a stay in Osaka. After relocating to New York City to work at the Whitney Biennial, Momus completed the album with producer John Talaga, who had previously produced Otto Spooky and Oskar Tennis Champion.
Momus variously described the album as "communistic" and "feminine", stating that he wanted to "make something as static, as friendly, as consensual, as self-effacing, as Japan itself". The album's final title references Ocky Milkman, a character in Welsh writer Dylan Thomas' 1954 radio play Under Milk Wood.
Reception
Ocky Milk received mixed to positive reviews from critics.
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