The Milk Carton Kids

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Founded in 2011, indie-folk duo The Milk Carton Kids swiftly emerged as a major force in the American folk tradition, blending ethereal harmonies and intricate musicianship with a uniquely powerful brand of contemporary songcraft. On this episode, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, the musicians behind the Grammy-nominated band, join Rhett to talk about their personal creative journeys as well as their collective journey, and the months-long project that resulted in their newest release, I Only See The Moon. Kenneth and Joey share some of the wisdom they’ve collected over the years, and explain why staying true to oneself is the most important thing an artist can do. Listen to their new release, I Only See The Moon, here. Milk Carton Kids website: https://themilkcartonkids.komi.io/ The Milk Carton Kids on IG @themilkcartonkids Rhett Miller website: Rhettmiller.com Rhett on IG @rhettmiller Wheels Off is hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe. Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils and Mark Dowd. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Find Rhett's podcast #WheelsOff and other music-powered shows on @Osirispod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIRUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.3	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.8	We started ugly.
0:14.9	Ain't gonna stop.
0:16.1	Oh, she made me feel like a good car.
0:19.5	That's when it got wheels off. The Milk Carton kids, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattonale, started making music together in 2011.
0:31.8	Over the ensuing years, they've released a bunch of records, played a bunch of great shows.
0:36.8	I've gotten to see them a couple of times here and there and been blown away to watch the magic that they are able to create with just their two voices and a couple of guitars. I am so glad to get them on this show. I was, full disclosure, a little concerned
0:59.5	about trying to interview two people. It's always a little tricky. But I think it has worked
1:05.6	well with them because they are complementary figures in the room, in the space, both musically and conversationally.
1:16.6	And I think you will be able to differentiate between their two voices, their two personalities, also complementary, not polar opposites, but not terribly similar in their approach, in their
1:35.0	sense of humor, in their take on things. We carried on our conversation after I had stopped
1:44.0	recording for a little while,
1:45.2	and I joked with them as we continued to talk that I wished I had recorded it
1:50.1	because they just keep dropping knowledge.
1:54.6	They've got lots of opinions, lots of deep thoughts,
1:58.2	which sounds like I'm being silly, but it's so great. It's great stuff.
2:06.2	I love hearing their take on stuff. And I think you are really going to enjoy hearing Joey and
2:14.2	Kenneth from the milk carton kids dig into their own personal creative journeys,
2:20.5	their collective journey as the Milk Carton Kids.
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