Milk & Bone

The duo first met as music students at Cégep de Saint-Laurent,[https://www.vice.com/en/article/milk-and-bone-montreal-little-mourning-album-stream-interview/ "Trust, Lust, and Also Friendship: Meet Montreal's Stunning Pop Duo Milk & Bone"]. Noisey, March 10, 2015. and later performed with David Giguère's touring band. They decided to begin writing and performing as a duo after being brought in as guest vocalists on Misteur Valaire's 2013 album Bellevue.

Since Milk & Bone write and record in English and the majority of their immediate friends and colleagues are francophone, they used SoundCloud to connect with potential contributors to the album, including Toronto-based rapper Terrell Morris on the track "Tomodachi".

In 2015, Milk & Bone released their first album called Little Mourning. The duo, recipient of the SOCAN Breakout Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards in Montreal,{{Cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2015-socan-awards |title=2015 SOCAN Awards | SOCAN |access-date=2016-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802041429/http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2015-socan-awards |archive-date=2017-08-02 |url-status=dead }} charmed audiences here and elsewhere with their electro pop and mesmerizing harmonies. That year their track "Pressure" was streamed more than a million times on SoundCloud.{{cite news |title=Synth duo Milk & Bone's success is black and white |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/synth-duo-milk-bones-success-is-black-and-white |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=May 17, 2015 |first=Brendan |last=Kelly}} Little Mourning has allowed the group to carve out a place on the long list of the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, a nomination to the 2016 Juno Awards in the Revelation of the Year category (Group) as well as three prizes at the GAMIQ in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.specimenscanadiens.ca/milk-bone/|title=Milk & Bone : Spécimens canadiens|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220173617/https://www.specimenscanadiens.ca/milk-bone/|url-status=dead}}

Before starting to write their second album, the duo take up the challenge of composing the soundtrack feature King Dave by Podz.https://lactualite.com/culture/milk-bone-offre-natalie-tiree-du-film-king-dave/ Papineau, P. (2016, 19 août). Milk & Bone offre Natalie, tirée du film King Dave The film's theme song, Natalie, was nominated for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards in the Best Original Song category and has more than 4.6 million views on Spotify. The song appeared in the third episode of Dontnod Entertainment's 2019 video game Life Is Strange 2 in 2019.

Milk & Bone released a single, "Daydream", in 2017, with a promotional video.[https://www.wmagazine.com/story/milk-and-bone-daydream-video-exclusive "Premiere: Milk & Bone's New Video Is a Surreal, Perfect L.A. "Daydream" (Exclusive)"]. W Magazine, Katherine Cusumano, October 11, 2017 Their second album, Deception Bay, was released on February 2, 2018. The album allows to Milk & Bone to win the Juno award for the Electro Album of the Year in early 2019https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/expect-a-party-juno-winning-up-here-headliner-milk-bone-1640194 Ulrichsen, H. (2019, August 14th). Expect a party: Juno-winning Up Here headliner Milk & Bone as well as a nomination on the long list of the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://polarismusicprize.ca/fr/blog/le-prix-de-musique-polaris-devoile-la-longue-liste-2018/|title=Le prix de musique Polaris dévoile la longue liste 2018|date=14 June 2018}} The show that accompanied the album was awarded at the 2019 ADISQ Gala in the Show of the Year - Anglophone category.https://lecanalauditif.ca/actualites/les-resultats-du-premier-gala-de-adisq-2019/ Labrèche, L-P. (2019, October 23rd). Les résultats du premier gala de l’ADISQ 2019 Also, they were nominated for a GAMIQ award for Quebec Artist of the Year.Olivier Boisvert-Magnen, [https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2018/09/25/gamiq-2018-fouki-mene-le-bal-des-nominations/ "GAMIQ 2018 : FouKi mène le bal des nominations"]. Voir, September 25, 2018.

In 2018, Milk & Bone performed at the Festival d’été de Quebec,[http://www.asianage.com/life/art/180718/with-dreamy-electro-pop-milk-bone-charts-own-path.html "With dreamy electro pop, Milk & Bone charts own path"]. The Asian Age. | Shaun Tandon, Jul 18, 2018 and also performed in Toronto.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/milk_and_bone-mod_club_toronto_on_march_1 "Milk & Bone Mod Club, Toronto ON, March 1"]. Exclaim!, Ariel Matheson. Mar 02, 2018

At the start of 2019, they launched an EP, DIVE, which won the EP pop of the year award at the 2019 GAMIQ.https://lecanalauditif.ca/actualites/les-resultats-du-gamiq-2019/ Labrèche, L-P. (2019, November 24th). Les résultats du GAMIQ 2019

For the second time in their career, Milk & Bone was able to work on the composition of the soundtrack for a film produced by Podz, Mafia Inc. In addition, they also worked on the composition of the music for two new shows by Cirque du Soleil, Cosmos and Exentricks, which have been presented on board the cruise ship MSC Grandiosa since November 2019.

Lafond-Beaulne has also performed in the group Louve, with Salomé Leclerc, Ariane Moffatt, Amylie and Marie-Pierre Arthur.[https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/festivals/francofolies/201706/16/01-5108234-collectif-louve-le-chant-des-louves.php "Collectif Louve: le chant des louves"]. La Presse, June 18, 2017.

• Nomination on the long list of the Polaris Music Prize (2015)
• Revelation of the Year (Group) at the Junos (2016)
• Best Original Song for Natalie at the Canadian Screen Awards (2017)
• Nomination on the long list of the Polaris Music Prize (2018)
• Artist of the Year at the GAMIQ (2019)

• SOCAN Breakout Award (Francophone SOCAN Awards)
• Pop Album of the year at the GAMIQ (2015)
• Revelation of the year at the GAMIQ (2015)
• Song of the year for Coconut Water at the GAMIQ (2015)
• Electro Album of the Year at the Junos (2019)
• Show of the Year - Anglophone at the ADISQ (2019)
• EP pop of the year at the GAMIQ (2019)

{{Tracklist

| headline = Little Mourning (2015)

| total_length = 28:23

| title1 = Elephant

| length1 = 4:10

| title2 = Easy to Read

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Pressure

| length3 = 3:52

| title4 = New York

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = X

| length5 = 2:11

| title6 = Tomodachi (feat. Terrell Morris)

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = Coconut Water

| length7 = 3:40

| title8 = Watch

| length8 = 3:49

}}

{{Tracklist

| headline = Deception Bay (2018)

| total_length = 49:29

| title1 = Set In Stone

| length1 = 5:12

| title2 = Daydream

| length2 = 3:48

| title3 = KIDS

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = Care

| length4 = 2:53

| title5 = Nevermore

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Sad Eyes

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Tmrw.

| length7 = 4:48

| title8 = Interlude I

| length8 = 1:21

| title9 = THE FLOOD

| length9 = 3:31

| title10 = Interlude II

| length10 = 0:32

| title11 = Deception Bay

| length11 = 3:34

| title12 = Faded

| length12 = 4:32

| title13 = BBBLUE

| length13 = 4:17

| title14 = :')

| length14 = 4:26

}}

{{Tracklist

| headline = "Chrysalism" (2022)

| total_length = 42:57

| title1 = Bigger Love

| length1 = 3:49

| title2 = Borders

| length2 = 2:42

| title3 = Movies

| length3 = 2:37

| title4 = Whirlpool

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Time Alone

| length5 = 2:41

| title6 = Piggyback

| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = Green Dot

| length7 = 2:33

| title8 = 20MGs

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Object of Fun

| length9 = 3:11

| title10 = Sour

| length10 = 4:03

| title11 = A Little Better Every Time

| length11 = 4:07

| title12 = City Girls

| length12 = 2:30

| title13 = Worst Year of My Life

| length13 = 3:07

}}

{{Tracklist

| headline = DIVE (2019)

| total_length = 14:17

| title1 = Ride or Die

| length1 = 3:44

| title2 = Peaches

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Vision. Colour.

| length3 = 2:43

| title4 = Blue Dream

| length4 = 4:20

}}

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