Milord turns city nights into soft-rock and Italo-disco nostalgia on Perfect Crime

Milord releases Perfect Crime on 11 May via Periodica Records, bringing a warm, nocturnal blend of synth-pop, street soul, Italo-disco, classic house, reggae touches and soft rock. Milord is the project of Enrico Fierro, described by the label as a daytime engineer and researcher of human mind states during dreaming, which is exactly the kind of odd biographical detail that fits the music’s after-hours atmosphere.

The album presents an urban landscape alive at night, full of motion, memory and glowing synthetic textures. Tracks such as Living In The City, Perfect Crime, To The Music and You Make Me Feel point toward a compact record that works like a city drive after midnight: neon reflections, a warm bassline, half-romantic danger and the feeling that the night is still young even when everyone should have gone home.

For indie listeners with a taste for left-field pop, Balearic moods, soft-focus disco and underground European label culture, Perfect Crime is one of the most stylish 11 May releases. Periodica Records’ Naples identity also matters here, because the label has built a reputation around elegant underground sounds that blur the line between dance floor, lounge, soundtrack and pop artifact. Stream/buy: https://periodicarecords.bandcamp.com/album/perfect-crime