“Whistler had done that piano piece probably a few years ago,” Luppen details. However, the two-minute ditty predates Bambi significantly. It also contains one of Bambi’s biggest surprises - the album version of “Passenger” tacks on an understated, yet strikingly gorgeous piano outerlude to finish off the LP, almost as if to give listeners a moment to fully digest the ten songs. It’s the track to which Luppen feels the strongest personal connection, and as of right now, his favorite on the album. Lead single “ Passenger” is a poignantly cinematic recollection of growing up with a romantic partner, backed by an unconventional chord progression. The lyrics presented on Bambi begin to show just how therapeutic those lakehouse trips were. was a working title that just kind of stuck.” It was always like a therapeutic trip, as well. “Since the band started, we’d go out there for writing retreats. “My Aunt Bambi has this lakehouse in Wisconsin kind of out in the middle of nowhere,” he says. Listening to how that pushes sonic boundaries really inspired us.” Hippo Campus © Pooneh Ghanaĭespite Bambi’s boundary-breaking nature, its name derives from one of the places where Luppen and his bandmates feel the most comfortable. Our producer also played us the new Low record very early on in the process. His vulnerability in his lyrics was super inspirational.
I was listening to a lot of Elliott Smith before writing this record. “I feel like our fans all have open minds and they want us to grow. “Personally, I wasn’t that nervous,” Luppen says of the sonic switch-up. In the year and a half between the two albums’ releases, it’s evident regarding songwriting that Hippo Campus have come to a stark change in content preferences, having driven off the path of traditional indie pop with a comparatively experimental, electronica-infused sound.
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While Landmark was chock full of zippy guitar riffs, dashes of unexpected orchestration and profound lyrics that spoke wisely on society in general terms, Bambi reads not unlike a personal journal. Hippo Campus garnered an intense hometown following not long after formation, but the release of debut LP Landmark in 2017 helped propel the young Minnesotans towards a mind-blowingly loyal fanbase worldwide. That night, Hippo Campus – also consisting of Nathan Stocker, Zach Sutton, Whistler Allen, and Decarlo Jackson – performed nearly all of BAMBI to an intimate Lower East Side crowd with just a week of preparation. “The new songs are a lot more difficult to play,” Luppen explains, recalling a nervewracking night in New York City just three days before the album’s release. This time around, it’s in support of the band’s stellar second LP, Bambi, which dropped September 28. En route to Pontiac, Michigan, the Hippo Campus lead vocalist is still readjusting to the exhausting whirlwind of his familiar on-the-road lifestyle. It’s 1:00 p.m., but Jake Luppen has just barely woken up. In an industry full of #MeToo’s, indie pop band Hippo Campus make a conscious effort to be allies and positive examples through ‘Bambi’, their delightfully transparent sophomore album.
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