Milk Talk & Vantage -- Million Miles Away

 

Posting Kana Hanazawa's（花澤香菜）"Time Machine wa Totsuzen ni"（タイムマシーンは突然に）last weekend and realizing that the good folks of Milk Talk were responsible for words and music, I figured that it was time to get another song by the duo themselves up onto KKP.

Last summer in August 2023, the neo-nostalgic electro-boogie Milk Talk collaborated with Tokyo-based electronic artist Vantage on their own tune. And I kinda figured that Milk Talk and Vantage would work together at some point; both acts seem to groove on the same level which is why I put up the latter's "Sunday Lonely Night" last November. Anyways, their love child is "Million Miles Away", a love affair redemption set to the analogy of a long-haul flight. I'm no fan of long-haul flights myself although I have to take them to reach Japan from Toronto; usually I go for the quickie divorce as soon as I hit Haneda.

However, it looks like the old-fashioned VHS-ish video with Milk Talk and Vantage has a much more positive ending. Plus, I really like that 80s City Pop vibe in the music with a touch of Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）and Ginger Root in the arrangement, although rather than boogie, there's more boppy funk in there.