Music Thursdays: Charlie Faye & The Fanimals – Milo Wears A Tutu

By Nathan Young on June 29, 2023

Welcome to the Music Thursdays segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Music Thursdays will feature music related content. Music Thursdays will feature an artist or band and their latest song and / or music video. People love music, and we here at Geek Alabama love featuring artists and bands!

Milo Wears A Tutu,” the second single from Charlie Faye & The Fanimals‘ self-titled family album, Charlie Faye & The Fanimals, is now out.

Huffington Post praised Charlie Faye as hearkening back “to Motown, Spector, and the Brill Building.” In keeping with the ‘60s-tinged soul/pop sounds for which Faye is acclaimed, “Milo Wears A Tutu” is set to a playful backbeat reminiscent of a Temptations record. The song tells the story of one cheerful kid bucking convention and wearing what he wants to.

“The thing that’s cool about this record is that it has a throwback sound but the themes of the songs are very modern,”says Charlie Faye. “You wouldn’t have a Motown song in the ’60s about a little boy who wears a tutu. But now you do.”

Stream or download “Milo Wears A Tutu” HERE.

In 2019, Charlie Faye became a mother, and soon after, with the onset of the pandemic, the world became a different place. Faye wasn’t performing with her group, Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, on stages like Austin’s Continental Club anymore – she was home with a baby. Fast forward through what was a slow year for all of us, and Faye had become a single mother of a toddler. It was around that time that she was inspired to start writing music again, with her daughter in mind.

“As the parent of a toddler, I got to see firsthand what kind of music was out there for kids, and what kind of music my kid was drawn to,” says Faye. “There’s a lot of great stuff available, but so much of the music my daughter loves isn’t kids’ music at all – it’s music I’ve loved my whole life: old Motown hits, ‘60s soul and pop music … just songs with great grooves and great hooks.”

Charlie Faye began her music career as a side person, singing and playing guitar and mandolin in Dan Zanes & Friends. Her best-known project to date, and most recent, was Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, which garnered high praise from media, earned Faye a publishing deal with Rough Trade, and got her songs placed in shows like Riverdale and Girlboss.

Charlie Faye and The Fanimals’ new single, “Milo Wears a Tutu,” is now available globally at major digital service providers. Charlie Faye & The Fanimals is set for release on July 21, 2023.