Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Vinyl Club #8: Hippo Campus "Landmark"






From the CityPages 2017 interview about the album:

"The Woodbury upstarts sold out a two-night stand at First Avenue’s Mainroom before anyone had even heard their full-length debut. But that since-released LP, landmark, more than fulfills the promise of their first two EPs, expanding on the vibrant, riff-fueled sound that initially caught listeners’ attention while adding unexpected flourishes and exploring new sonic routes."

The article quotes guitarist/vocalist Nate Stocker:

“The cover is a graphic illustration of our rehearsal space,” explains Stocker. “All of the items in the room are representative of the songs on the album. The calendar represents ‘Monsoon,’ the tree outside is ‘Boyish,’ and the boxing gloves symbolize ‘Buttercup.’ And that room itself is a major landmark for us, and we wanted to pay tribute to that. It’s like the most relevant thing in our lives. Spending all that time writing in that room, it’s where it all started. From the beginning, the band started there.”

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