Passenger- Hippo Campus Review
Hippo Campus just came off the release of their first full album and a massive tour (I saw some of it, and reviewed it ), and the release of the three track Warm Glow EP. They've been building their fame since 2015, starting in High School and releasing Bashful Creatures and South (the better of the two), two stellar EPs. I knew they'd release new music at some point as they played a few new songs at their show, but I assumed they'd release the song Joy, not this song, which I don't think I heard them play at their show. The song starts with a possibly electronic light and low bouncing beat reminiscent of bongos, surprising because they've traditionally been a real guitar and drum based band, but not really surprising considering they make more Indie music. Like the vocals in a lot of Hippo Campus songs the lyrics are hard to understand, but in this case still pretty inscrutable after many listens. The slightly gated piano is also new, partially because its a...