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There's something undeniably wondrous about witnessing greatness in the making -- just ask the incomparable Joe Henry.

I listen and, try as I might, forget to hear them as distinct collaborators in song and story. Instead, they move to become a single, shadowy persona within the frame of Prologue –like young twins cast to tag-team one demanding role in a terse-but-tender film by Elia Kazan, haunted and hounded across a lonely landscape in search of the love that might provide their collective character a fleeting taste of both redemption and self-recognition.

Anyone who's followed the careers of Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, will confess to the musical zeitgeist manifested through their union as The Milk Carton Kids, and abundantly evident in their debut studio album entitled Prologue, now available for free download, here.



On the back of their album release, The Milk Carton Kids are heading off again, this time on a 40-city tour across the States and return home for one night to perform at legendary guitar room, McCabe's on August 13th.

MILKMADE is giving away 2 tickets to their Los Angeles show at McCabe's. Simply follow MILKMADE on Facebook and "like" our post on The Milk Carton Kids for your chance to win.