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It will ship on or around 7\/17\/26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Miller Brothers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMission of Burma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, etc. etc. etc.), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDestroy All Monsters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, etc. etc. etc.) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Destroy All Monsters, etc. etc. etc.) grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan in a musical family. When \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Beatles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hit in 1964 Roger was 12 and Laurence and Benjamin were 10, all three ready to rock. Their first band, which covered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e13th Floor Elevators\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKinks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYardbirds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, performed two shows summer 1967. In 1969, their spontaneous improv. session \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreak Trio Electric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sealed the fate towards \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSproton Layer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With a complete belief in weed as the doorway to an alternate universe, Roger began a furious bout of composing that spring. 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Their brand of psychedelia was on the wane. They reformed briefly in 1971 as an instrumental trio but played only two shows before disbanding in that incarnation. They reformed for a series of five shows in 2013 with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on trumpet. The '1969' side of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePress Your Hand and the Whole Room Fluctuates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e consists of songs that didn't make it onto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith Magnetic Fields Disrupted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the '1971' side are all spontaneous Free Rock\/Space Jams, with their very unique take on this matter. After Sproton Layer folded, all brothers kept extremely active and continue creating music to this very day. 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