Credit: James KendallMilky Chance will embark on their second big North American tour of the year in support of their debut album, Sadneccessary, tonight, July 22, in New York City. The German band played their first-ever U.S. show at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, but for this tour, they'll be playing the famous Central Park.
"It's crazy," vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein tells ABC Radio of playing Central Park. "That's one of those places we've never dreamed of that we'd be playing there, so it's surprising for us. We just want to do our best and make the best out of this chance. We know that it is a big privilege to for us to tour America, because it doesn't happen that often even for a German band."
Milky Chance began as a duo featuring Rehbein and DJ Phillipp Dausch, but as they've expanded to bigger venues, the band has added a third touring member who handles harmonica and extra guitar.
"We're a little bit bigger now, we got more energy," Rehbein says. "It's really good, it's working really well. Maybe next year there will be more people but right now we just feel very comfortable being three guys on stage."
Milky Chance's success has been fueled by the explosion of their hit single "Stolen Dance," which reached 1 million in sales and streams earlier this year. In performing "Stolen Dance" live, Rehbein will sometimes play with the melody during the verses to keep the song fresh, but he does feel that his relationship to "Stolen Dance" has changed in some way.
"A lot of times I feel like I sing it for the people, not for me, because I sing it a lot of times," Rehbein explains. "After a while you just want to do new stuff. It's not that you get bored by it, but you want to develop as a musician, so you write new songs that you want to show the people."
Rehbein adds that Milky Chance will be showing the people three or four new songs each night on their tour, which will wrap up August 11 in Portland, Oregon. The band is also planning on hitting the studio soon to record their sophomore album.
"We want to start working on the second album in winter, so maybe in January, and record all the new stuff," Rehbein tells ABC Radio. "We definitely want to release the second album next year."
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