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THE MOTHER HIPS:Based in Northern California, the Hips headed to New Mexico, spending time at Ghost Ranch before settling in at Jono Mansons Kitchen Sink studio in Sante Fe for sessions in late 2021. Self-produced, When We Disappear features nine new tracks co-written by co-founders Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono collection of lit-psych rock songs Inspired by psychology and literature as well as a raw, garagey cover of Buffy St. Maries 1964 addiction song Codine.Greg [Loiacono, co-founder) sent me a rough demo of this song and I thought it was promising, says Hips co-founder Tim Bluhm of When We Disappear. What he was singing was place-holder gibberish, or sounds mixed with some actual lyrics, including what would become the title. I went through it and matched words to his sounds and then tweaked the words to tell a kind of impressionistic history of our adventures together. In this way I believe both Gregs and my own subconscious worlds revealed themselves. The music is simple and loose, helping with the devil-may-care attitude of the singing.Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the Bay Areas most beloved live outfits, The Mother Hips headline and festival performances have became the stuff of legend, finding them sharing stages with everyone from Johnny Cash and Wilco to Lucinda Williams and The Black Crowes. Rolling Stone called the band divinely inspired, while Pitchfork praised their rootsy mix of 70s rock and power pop, and The New Yorker lauded their ability to sing it sweet and play it dirty.Midnight North:Midnight North takes its cue from the fertile Bay Area music scene. Formed in early 2012 by singer/songwriters Grahame Lesh and Elliott Peck, whose harmonies came as naturally as the initial songs, along with bassist Connor OSullivan. The bands current-day lineup was completed when drummer/banjo player Nathan Graham came aboard after a chance meeting at a benefit concert in Philadelphia in 2016 following the release of its third, and breakthrough, album, Under the Lights, in 2017. In the early days, the group was able to grow as a unit thanks to an association with Leshs family venue, Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, California.
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