Less than a month later, Demos II was released, featuring tracks that had never been heard by fans before, aside from three songs which had been sporadically added to the band’s setlist. In mid-2019, fans saw Hippo Campus release two albums of demo tracks, created in 20.ĭemos I consisted solely of tracks from Bambi, giving listeners some insight into eight of the initial ten tracks from the LP. From the release of Bambi onwards, the band was referred to as a five-piece and DeCarlo was present during promotional events, although he states he is not an “official” member of the band. Violet Lyrics: You see with golden eyes / The novocaine lullaby / Reach and crack the sky / With an open mouth, peace inside / American eyes / Cherry cheeks. During this tour, the band was joined by DeCarlo Jackson, who had occasionally played in the band since 2015. The second single, “Bambi” mimicked this style, and also announced the band’s sophomore album, Bambi. The band’s debut full-length album Landmark, was released in the dawn of 2017 before Warm Glow was released in September of 2017.Ģ018 saw a slight change to Hippo Campus' music, with the single “Passenger” dabbling more into the ambient scene. Paired with South, released under Grand Jury Records in 2015, the two EPs became known as The Halocline EPs. The lead single of Tarzan Reject “Little Grace” became Hippo Campus' first official release, featuring on EP Bashful Creatures. Just a fun EP that for me personally, reminds me a lot of high school. The EP has long been “retired,” becoming unavailable on the only streaming platform it was posted to (bandcamp). Hippo Campus' first EP was a self-released and recorded, titled Tarzan Reject. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account. The band name comes from Stocker, who was reading a psychology text book and split the word hippocampus in two to “give it sort of a double entendre”.Įarly years of the band saw members often using nicknames: Luppen became (The) Turntan, Stocker was Stitches, Sutton: Espo, and Allen: Beans. Watch the video for Violet from Hippo Campuss SOUTH for free, and see the artwork, lyrics. The five met in high school at Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, playing in two seperate bands (Jake & Zach Nathan, Whistler & DeCarlo) before the four core members combined forces in 2013. The band is comprised of Jake Luppen (lead vocals, guitar), Nathan Stocker (lead guitar, vocals), Zach Sutton (bass, keyboard), Whistler Allen (drummer, vocals) and de facto member DeCarlo Jackson (trumpet, percussion, bass). Loving is easy You had me messed up It used to be so hard to see Loving is easy When everything's perfect Please don't change a singleĮdit bioHippo Campus is an indie pop-rock band from St. You go, go, go, you go, go, go (Oh, Violet)
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