Milk and Honey (musical) for a project about Israel he hoped to mount on Broadway. He sent Herman and Appell there to absorb the culture and hopefully find inspiration. Herman was determined that the musical not be a patriotic love letter. Herman said: “We were there to soak up the atmosphere...Once we saw this group of little old lady tourists rummaging about, we knew that they had to be in our show.” Herman explained that "Everything about this place is not perfect. I had already written the song called "Milk and Honey" as a kind of an anthem, and I said, ... 'I have
The Milk and Honey Band XTC singer Andy Partridge, who was setting up his own record label and invited The Milk and Honey Band to sign to it. The Milk And Honey Band signed a distribution deal with Partridge’s label, Ape Records, in 2004 and released a third album "The Secret Life Of The Milk And Honey Band". This was in many ways a continuation of the work on the previous album. It contained four reissued songs from "Boy From The Moon" – the title track, "Sold My Star", "Satellite" and "Junior" (the last of which was retitled "Message") The band later released two download-only