In the midst of playing sold-out release parties across the country, Hippo Campus unveil Flood: thirteen songs captured in ten days on the Texas border, showing how four people connected so intimately for so long can evolve as individuals, while preserving the bond that makes what they do together so damn special. Confidently hailed as their best album ever, Flood filters the whiplash and anxieties of adulthood through the type of absorbing arrangements and massive hooks that can only be pulled off by best friends who've been speaking the same musical, emotional language since they were kids.
Produced by Caleb Wright (Charly Bliss, Samia) and Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee), Flood's creation process began what now feels like an epoch ago, until the band realized they didn't actually like what they were making. They had written more than 100 songs, but decided to surrender five years of work, drop all preconceptions of how they thought they had to sound, decamped to Sonic Ranch studios, and committed each other to recording what they all liked best – no second guessing or listening back, only forward momentum.
The result is a body of irresistible, spring-loaded standouts like "Forget It," "Paranoid," "Tooth Fairy" and "Everything at Once," delivering tightly-coiled theses on self-criticism and self-forgiveness, empowerment and falling short of expectations, failed relationships and finding a way forward. The feelings are raw, real and unguarded, backed by subtle key changes and tempo shifts, innate sophistication and the emphatic spirit of experimentation that Hippo Campus have always been able to present so effortlessly.
Preceded by unforgettable appearances at Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, SummerFest and a series of release shows in LA, SF, NYC, DC and their Minneapolis hometown – at venues far more intimate than the sold-out nights they've headlined at Red Rocks and beyond – Hippo Campus are preparing for an extensive North American tour that's on-sale now. Stretching from January through May 2025, the run begins at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, and continues on to Brooklyn's Paramount, Los Angeles' Wiltern, Chicago's Salt Shed and dozens of other theaters, concert halls and esteemed venues across the country, with support from Petey, Mei Semones and Hotline TNT. Find the full list of dates below, and tickets to Hippo Campus’ 2025 at hippocampus.band/#tour.
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