Rising, enigmatic Brighton songwriter Milo Korbenski delivers his debut album proper When You Gonna Tell ‘Em the Truth, Aaron?, a stunning collection of haunted, heavy, unique art-dream-indie-pop earworms.

Milo Korbenski is a shadowy, anonymous Brighton solo musician only publicly seen in a featureless white mask, Stetson and denim jacket. However, his deeply expressive take on lo-fi slacker indie invokes a heartfelt intimacy, singing straight from the soul. This new album - an official debut following a period of self-releasing - displays endless catchy-as-hell hooks, clever lyrical wordplay, and deceptively lean instrumentation that belies its own simplicity.

Across Milo’s new album, hooks spring up with colour and true joy, shining through a newfound love of gritty overdrive and dark themes. ‘Booksmart Hunny’ is a stunning example of this deft ability to weave the dreamily evocative and subtly melancholy with genuine riffs and a relentless driven tempo. Its chorus hits like an arena-filler, but retains the spectral, rarefied magic that makes Milo’s music so singular. “It’s a record of people who are stuck in a kind of spiritual void and don’t want to change. They become a sort of ghoul or phantom in their own reality,” we are told.

The music of WYGTETTA? (Milo’s own stylisation) crosses references points as broadly spread as Kurt Vile, Helado Negro, Black Sabbath, The xx, The Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie Sioux, Jagwar Ma and Calvin Johnson while retaining a vitally singular energy. Milo’s underlying unreality is more haunted than the indie-leaning acts mentioned here, and the readymade homespun cassette sonics lend a charm beyond the prettified sheen of his pop influences.

A true storyteller, Milo tells us “every song on the album is about a dysfunctional character enduring a relationship that isn’t really working.” Throughout the record, we are introduced to a series of surreal, mythologised narratives that make up a wide, interconnected arc. “There is a lack of honesty to the narrator's stories throughout the album, hence the title: When You Gonna Tell ‘Em the Truth, Aaron?”

Quickly becoming a formidable live act, Milo Korbenski performs live (in mask and Stetson) with a full band, and has played alongside acts such as Babii, Jeffrey Lewis, Art d’Ecco and others with a flourishing stage presence. A true auteur, and inexhaustibly prolific, Milo home-recorded, designed and self-released a number of albums on streaming platforms (and enjoyed staggering listening figures) without any backing, and only recently signed his first record deal. The fruits of this self-releasing period are collected on Vol. 1, released by Phantom Limb as a limited cassette in May 2023 - a record that sold out in minutes.

Milo Korbenski - Booksmart Hunny

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Bandcamp: https://ratflak.bandcamp.com/album/2-4-anger
Release Date: November 28th, 2025
Info: Anger comes after Fear
The mind, unable to withstand the tension, shifts into defense. There is a need to reject the sound, to call it noise, error, or anti-music. This is not misunderstanding but a protective instinct an attempt to regain control over what cannot be classified.
Rhythm feels like mechanical violence, distortion like something alien, synthesis like aggression. Yet within this aggression lies power. “Anger” is the stage of confrontation, where inner resistance takes sonic form.
Anger becomes a point of accumulated energy, breaking old perceptual boundaries and clearing the path to the next stage.

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🛒 https://snuffo.bandcamp.com/album/embrace-the-arts
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Benedikt Schmidt loves the diverse forms of artistic expression. He sees art as a vital necessity.

For him, art is not only a form of escapism, it also carries the wonderful promise of making the world a better place. In creative ways, it can spark social developments, criticize conditions, enable resistance, and bring about positive change, both for the moment and in the long run.

Whether music, literature, theater, film, painting, photography, sculpture, performance art, or dance — the arts, especially those that go beyond mere entertainment and superficial consumption, touch us emotionally as well as intellectually.

They open our eyes. They liberate, inspire, encourage, comfort, irritate, and unsettle. And they can pose existential questions and provide surprising answers.

These convictions became the starting point for Benedikt Schmidt’s new album as Snuffo. Its title is more than just a name –- it is meant as a call to action: Embrace The Arts!

As an artist, Schmidt himself works across disciplines. In addition to producing and performing as Snuffo and Snuff Crew, he writes novels, poetry and radio plays. Under the alias Cellarkalt, the German guy also stages experimental performances and video installations.

With decades of experience, he knows all too well: creativity cannot be forced. It must come from within. Only then something of substance and impact can emerge.

That's also why imagination plays a central role for Benedikt Schmidt. It is origin, tool, and driving force at once.

After reflecting on the arts, he began to imagine how the new Snuffo long-player should sound like.

Soon a feeling was there. A vague inner image that gradually took shape. But only when he truly felt ready did Schmidt carefully begin to unearth it and translate it into music.

The very first tracks flowed almost on their own –- entirely intuitive and unfiltered. They paved the way for the sound of »Embrace The Arts«.

As with all his productions since the the pandemic, this album was also created live in the studio, in a direct dialogue with synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines.

The production sessions became a highly concentrated, almost spiritual experience, a kind of musical self-immersion. And they happened in the July and August heat of Mallorca, Schmidt’s current place of residence. 

Tracklist:

01. Pursuit of Happiness 
02. Escapist 
03. Cosmic Intervention
04. Dry Spell (Hang In There)
05. Every Now & Then
06. Rituals
07. Late Night Thoughts
08. Dissent
09. Whims
10. Balm

PREMIERE: Snuffo - Every Now & Then [Snuffo]

extract from our 6 hours long b2b at Bar "Schleuse Zwei", Düsseldorf on 14th Nov 2025. @jan-schulte
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bufiman b2b simsonabim x Schleuse Zwei / 14-11-2025

The 2 R-I-O boys rubbing their heads, shoulders, knees and toes together.... Recently recorded at Sameheads

BENEDIKT FREY b2b MENQUI @ R.i.O. Night @ SAMHEADS 20.11.25

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DERRIBOS ARIAS A Flúor (Dj Lui Dancetería Edit)

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Pender Street Steppers Productions (PSSP) proudly presents a sweet new double single. Please enjoy and thanks for everything.

penderstreetsteppers.bandcamp.com/album/our-time
moodhut.ffm.to/pss-ourtime

1 - Falling (Vocal)
2 - Falling (Dub)
3 - Our Time (Vocal)
4 - Our Time (Dub)

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