"There's a moment in growing up when it becomes clear that the road you walk is your own to cultivate." A surprisingly profound sentiment for a band of 21-year olds. Nevertheless, it's a sentiment that animates much of the BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso) produced Landmark, the debut album from Minneapolis' Hippo Campus. From the resplendent "Way It Goes," a guitar led gallop about the Instagram-filtered church of cool, to the propulsive "Boyish," a horn-kissed rumination on children of divorce, Landmark is shot through with a woozy dissonance between precocious wisdom and old-as-time coming of age stories. The result is a messy, brave, and earnest whole – not to mention, a tectonic shift forward for a young band still discovering itself.
- Sun Veins
- Way It Goes
- Vines
- Epitaph
- Simple Season
- Tuesday
- Western Kids
- Poems
- Monsoon
- Vacation
- Boyish
- Interlude
- Buttercup