Steven (Drums, Vocals)
Alex (Guitars, Basses, Bad Vocals)
Jesse Lee (Keyboards, Synth Bass, Vocals)
Sounds Like
"They don't come much tighter or more appealingly frantic than this trio of 17-year-old Toronto lads, who could very well dethrone Tokyo Police Club as the city's hottest high-school-spawned ingenues." "An impossibly disciplined guitar/drums/keyboards attack squad. Cute as hell, too. Lock up your daughters."
-Ben Rayner, Toronto Star
"With their crazed blend of psychedelic keyboards and airtight pop punk rhythms, Toronto, ON's the Miles have burst forth as one of the most potent young surprises of the year."
-Vish Khanna, EXCLAIM magazine
"A heat-seeking explosion of surf-garage-power pop, wildly energetic, fearless, and as always--fun. Electric hot-jams turning the front of the stage into a dance-a-thon. The Miles equals a noisy, sweaty, celebration."
"pyrotechnic dance-punk that set the place on fire, scorching rockabilly thunder, a musical high-speed car chase blazing a trail of smoke and blinding fumes. Sizzling and dazzling. Place your money on The Miles. These cool-cats are on onto bigger and better things."
-Lonely Vagabond
"Sometimes you just can feel something about a band, and that something is really hard to explain in a tangible way. But you know -- or at least, you think you know -- that if this band can keep going down the path it’s on, it is destined for bigger and better things. For me, the Miles are one of these bands."
-Dan Wolovick, Twomaymonolouges
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The Miles are an energetic power trio from Toronto. Drawing from the classic sounds of surf rock, new wave and rockabilly, but charged with the hard attitude of 70's punk and the cutting edge of electro, The Miles are a force to be reckoned with. But they also love you unconditionally. And they have glasses.
Where The Miles go, the party ensues.
TORONTO STAR review of BLOOD ON MY BLAZER by BEN RAYNER
I was kinda worried an album wouldn't do justice to this barely-of-voting-age Toronto trio's frantic live show – these kids are seriously athletic players – but the put-upon lyrical wit displayed throughout Blood On My Blazer is easily up to speed with the Miles' nimble musicianship. Self-deprecating songs about girl troubles are attacked at a velocity that suggests the Buzzcocks and the early Pixies fed together into some sort of accelerative sci-fi device, yet the best of the Mod-ish hooks (see the "Michael, it's Arthur / Can I speak to Shawna?" chorus to "Can I Speak to Shawna?") are substantive enough to stick around once it's all done and you've had a moment to wipe your brow.
NOW MAGAZINE REVIEW OF BLOOD ON MY BLAZERNOW RATING: NNNN
Toronto trio the Miles might barely be out of high school – the same arts high school that educated members of Broken Social Scene, Metric, Tangiers, Uncut and others – but they’ve been a bright spot in the city’s live scene for over two years. Their promising debut full-length is dark, catchy, energetic indie rock that sounds as if a murder-mystery dinner theatre exploded into a post-punk dance party.
HANDMADE LIMITED COPIES of BLOOD ON MY BLAZER NOW AVAILABLE AT...
ROTATE THIS! (801 Queen Street West)
CRIMINAL RECORDS (493 Queen Street West)
SOUNDSCAPES (572 College Street)
and at any of our shows....as well as....
DL ON iTUNES
AND FOR DOWNLOAD @ CD BABY
CBC RADIO 3
FIND US ON FACEBOOK
for booking please email us at:
reachthemiles@yahoo.ca
I'll definitely be playing Pop - Sept. 30th at midnight at Club Balattou, and then drumming with Kara Keith at Quai des Brumes on the 1st and with Bent By Elephants at Zoobizarre on the 3rd. Let's hang out! Do you have a place to stay?
From Exclaim online 'With their crazed blend of psychedelic keyboards and airtight pop punk rhythms, Toronto, ON's the Miles have burst forth as one of the most potent young surprises of the year'
Im sitting here thinking how the FUCK are you guys not signed yet, if i was rich and i had a label, i would sign you guys like a lloooong time ago,shit. like its actually bothering me. ( shrugs and dances)
Too bad you guys couldn't make it to our Bradford release. Look us up if you're comin out to Guelph, we'd love to see you guys play (or play with you) We're doing our Toronto one on the 17th at the Silver Dollar. Maybe we'll see you guys there.
I'm hitting the road in a couple of weeks to raise money for War Child, Coast-to-coast – 50 cities – ALL PROCEEDS TO WARCHILD. Why? 66% of all war victims are CHILDREN. Shocked like me? War Child helps these children that have been affected by war. Check out the new blog – the whole story is up there. Love to have you be a part of it.
You’ll find a Blog, Tour page and a Bio page. I’ll be blogging daily from the road.
