Lyttelton’s Anthea de Milo Releases Debut Soul Album ‘The Vicar’s Daughter’
Soul, blues, whiskey and tears permeate this gospel tinged debut.
Self Produced along with Adam Hattaway & Elmore Jones The Vicar’s Daughter is full of wonderful highs and devastating lows. Her heart sparkles darkly like the sinister Lyttelton waters which reflect the shadows where Anthea De Milo weaved her life in and out of.
As other singers reached for the stars, Anthea’s been slow burning her way to the depths of truth and discovering the ways of peace that can lie there. 
From the sparse, smouldering atmospheric Dead Sea, the swaggering blues of Mama Got It Bad to a delicately sweet song in all it’s minimalist glory and heart wrenching honesty Prettier Than Morphine, Anthea wears her life on her sleeve as she showers listeners in love with a brutally soulful voice that never tires.
Anthea de Milo (Anthea Struthers) – the vicar’s daughter, clown/goddess, mama, saint/sinner/singer and soulful songwriter.
For Anthea, as a child singing for hours every Sunday in the church was her escape into the realms of another world. Spending Wednesday nights with The Eastern in Lyttelton, Adam McGrath told her, ”you gotta write your own music”, so she did.
Forming the country, Rock ‘n’ Roll machine Runaround Sue, she recorded two albums and performed on many bills including with The Motels. Also heard on the Harbour Union soundtrack and Al Park’s Better Already.
Never wanting to be pigeon-holed, Struthers then started doom band Saint Satori with artist Jason Grieg, recording a stunning album at The Sitting Room, produced by Delaney Davison.
This latest incarnation has Anthea going back to her roots. Having danced with the devil and hung with the Gods, anyone who has seen her live will know the metaphysical magic that she can inspire, the broken beauty of the outsider.
