Yourcodenameis:milo on their reunion, new music and producing The 1975
nme.comYourcodenameis:milo have spoken to NME about their upcoming reunion shows, their legacy and chances of new music, and dreams of hooking up to produce The 1975 again.The Newcastle post-hardcore pioneers released the highly influential Steve Albini-produced ‘All Roads To Fault’ and two acclaimed follow-up albums before they went on an “indefinite hiatus” in 2007 – with frontman Paul Mullen going on to join The Automatic as well as forming Young Legionnaire and Losers, and guitarist Justin Lockey launching a range of projects as well as becoming a full-time member of Editors and Frightened Rabbit side-project Mastersystem.This weekend, Yourcodenameis:milo mark their return by playing two intimate reunion gigs at The Cluny in their hometown.
Mullen explained how a lack of activity during the COVID lockdown and a loyalty to the venue brought them back from the dead.“The main reason is that The Cluny was our home for the entire time that we were in operation,” he told NME. “At that point during the pandemic, there was no real funding for venues and things were closing left, right and centre.
That place just meant so much to us, so we wanted to do a show to make some money and help them out.”Lockey agreed: “The Cluny was our home.
As a band, we were constantly writing and recording in our studio which was about 100 metres away under the Byker Bridge. We were a seven-days-a-week band.
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