Milo In The Doldrums

Milo in the Doldrums is an indie rock band hailing from the sandy beaches of northern VA. Tinged with melancholia and uplifted by a love of life, Milo in the Doldrums harnesses the power of music to overcome the despondency of the modern world… and, y’know, do stuff! In 2015 Rob Mays began playing Milo songs solo at open mic events at Epicure Cafe in Fairfax, VA while also working with radical friends to record a self titled EP. Later that year, he met a funky young drummer/bartender/ankle model named Danny Ortiz and Milo’s heartbeat was forged. Their first show ever, also at Epicure, became snowed out -which totally sucked! -but gave them a chance to start working with another Epicurean, open mic host and unprofessional go-go dancer Reis DeBruyne. With Reis on bass, the band became a thundering trio -and the snow was forced to melt. Despite killer early shows, something was still amiss. Cue Rob’s boss, Richard Smith, who inquired about joining this hot, sweaty, sometimes sticky band. After demonstrating his wizardry on guitar, and promising not to fire Rob for burning the bananas (again?!), the band evolved (if you believe in that sort of thing) once more and Milo in the Doldrums officially became the tightest, sexiest, miracle of life you know and love today! After completing their first tour, Daniel Ortiz felt the marionette strings of life pulling him away to other musical shores, and peacefully left Milo in the spring of 2017. Luckily, Milo's good buddy Ryan Burke, an aggressively savage punk drum kingpin, took the reigns to take Milo into a new era of rhythmic awesomeness!!!