New Haven, CT based Progressive group Mile Marker Zero creates a multi-tiered approach towards modern rock music spending the past decade honing their skill set both as musicians and songwriters.

They recently performed at RosFest alongside Martin Barre of Jethro Tull and Riverside. MMZ has been described as a must listen for fans of commercial progressive music.

Mile Marker Zero was formed in 2005 when brothers, vocalist Dave Alley and drummer Doug Alley, alongside childhood friend keyboardist Mark Focarile, and original bassist Tim Rykoski met guitarist John Tuohy at Western Connecticut State University.

They released their debut EP, The Haunted, in 2006, and began to captivate audiences as they were seen performing alongside the likes of Porcupine Tree, Underoath, Spock’s Beard, and Devil Wears Prada.

Having created a buzz on the Northeastern prog circuit, the band returned to the studio to record their debut full-length effort in 2009, and were the first-ever unsigned artist to be featured in the popular Harmonix/MTV Games videogame series, Rock Band.

MMZ continued to make several live appearances, including gigs with Periphery, Scale the Summit, Nothing More, Adrenaline Mob, Fair to Midland, and more. In 2014, the band released the electrifying Young Rust EP, which was lauded as “a must-listen for fans of commercial progressive music” (Metal Insider) and saw the band receive the award for Best Band (Connecticut) at the 2016 New England Music Awards. They have since performed at festivals across North America including RosFest, ProgStock, and the Uncancelled Music Festival.

Their last studio album, The Fifth Row, has resonated with listeners worldwide through strategic projects and their brand new album is the just-released Coming of Age, an ambitious combination of polished vocals and harmonies, all laid upon classic Rush and Yes influences.

1. A Time in Place (1:42)
2. Best is Yet to Come (7:40)
3. Towns To Grow Up In (7:31)
4. Bizarre (4:52)
5. Coming of Age (7:58)
6. Heavy Days (7:18)
7. Far From Here (6:34)
8. End of August (7:34)

With this brand new album aiming to strengthen them as both musicians and students of songcraft, to enable them to reach an ever-growing audience, this new recording opens on the short, but sweet growth within A Time in Place and the melodious Best is Yet to Come, and then we get brought forth the alt-pop vibe of Towns To Grow Up In and the veritably glistening Bizarre.

Along next on this incredibly structured, wholly impassioned set, is the atmospheric title track Coming of Age which is in turn backed seamlessly by the frenetically-charged Heavy Days, the album rounding out on the drum-led rocker Far From Here, coming to a close on the mid-tempo balladry of End of August.

MILE MARKER ZERO - Best Is Yet to Come (Lyric Video)

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