Milk & Bone returns to Kilby Court on Dec 16, ten years later

The Montreal electro-pop duo hasn't played Salt Lake City since a Kilby Court show in March 2016. It's back in the same 200-capacity room this December.

In March 2016, Milk & Bone played Kilby Court with one album out. More than ten years and a few records later, the Montreal duo is coming back to the same backyard room. Milk & Bone plays Kilby Court on Wednesday, Dec 16, at 7 p.m., its first Salt Lake City show since March 31, 2016. The date was announced Oct. 12.

Milk & Bone is Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne, two vocalists and producers who make airy, layered electro-pop. When they came through Kilby in 2016, their debut, *Little Mourning*, was barely a year old. Their Montreal label, Bonsound, announced it in February 2015, and Exclaim! reviewed it.

A decade on, they come back to the same 200-capacity room with a deeper catalog.

A lot has happened since that first visit. The duo released *Deception Bay*, announced through Bonsound in 2017, and then a third album, *Chrysalism*, in 2022. "Bigger Love," which Amplify described as their first new song in three years, marked the start of that era. More recently they put out the EP *Baby Dreamer*. Rolling Stone Québec wrote that the duo stepped back to innovate, nearly ten years after the debut that first brought them through town.

So the Milk & Bone that comes back to Kilby has a bigger catalog. A set that in 2016 could only draw on one record now covers three albums and an EP, and that should change how the night sounds.

Kilby Court is still a good room for it. At 200 capacity it's one of the smallest stops on any touring band's calendar, and that closeness is why a fan who saw the 2016 show will want to be back. You'll be near enough to see the two of them trading vocal parts, with nothing between you and the synths.

Plan for the 7 p.m. start and a mid-December night in Salt Lake: it'll be cold, so dress for the walk. For tickets, go to Kilby Court's own site. A 200-capacity room for an act that waited ten years to come back can fill up.

If you were there in 2016, bring someone who wasn't. If you weren't, this is your chance.

Sources: Milk & Bone announce the release of their debut album — Bonsound (info.bonsound.com); Milk & Bone — Little Mourning — Exclaim! (exclaim.ca); Milk & Bone unveil the title track of their new album and announce tour dates — Bonsound (info.bonsound.com); Milk & Bone is back with Bigger Love — Amplify (amplifymusicmag.com); Milk & Bone a pris du recul pour innover avec Baby Dreamer — Rolling Stone Québec (qc.rollingstone.com); Kilby Court (kilbycourt.com)