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T he Milk aren't a band you could ever accuse of being complacent.

The Essex four-piece have worked their socks off to get where they are now and they're determined not only to make the most of it but enjoy it while they're at it.

Singer and guitarist Rick is in buoyant mood when I talk to him ahead of their UK tour which includes a date at Chinnery's, Southend, this Saturday, June 2.

The band are busy rehearsing while the sun is blazing outside so Rick is glad to get out while we chat, saying they feel like a "gang of albino moles" being stuck inside on a day like this.

These are good times for The Milk. Their first ever headline tour of the UK in April went extremely well, selling out pretty much wherever they went. But they're hungry for more and can't wait to get back on the road again. You get the impression with some bands that touring can be a bit of a drag. Not so with The Milk.

"Touring is the most adrenaline-fuelled thing I've ever done," says Rick. "I loved everything about it, the travelling, the gigging, the hotels, visiting different towns... if that's a hardship, you shouldn't be in a band.

"If you can't enjoy doing that you really should be in a different job."

That The Milk are so determined and single-minded shouldn't come as a surprise. They've not only worked hard to get where they are but they've given up a lot too.

The band all know each other from growing up together in Wickford. They'd been in bands over the years but had gone their separate ways for a while. In that time, they rediscovered the music they loved Motown, Stax and Trojan and got back together with a new direction for the band and a determination to really go for it.

"We had a eureka moment. We wanted to be a bunch of Peter Pans and never grow up," says Rick.

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Brentwood Gazette published Time of their lives