Hippo Campus – Confirmed For Transgressive Records Studio Party 25th August w/ Genghar & Blaenavon – Secret Location

HIPPO CAMPUS

New EP ‘South’ Out 2nd October

Confirmed For Transgressive Records Studio Party

w/ Genghar & Blaenavon

Tracklisting: 1. Close to Gold, 2. Dollar Bill, 3. South, 4. Violet, 5. The Halocline

Hippo Campus return with brand new EP ‘South’ (produced by Low’s Alan Sparhawk) available 2nd October on Transgressive Records. The EP’s title track was premiered by Huw Stephen’s on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show and can be heard now

Pre-ordered via iTunes –http://smarturl.it/HCSouth

Hippo Campus are four Minnesotan boys, yet to hit legal drinking age making music that is infectious, joyful, and thematically soaked with the sense of cynicism accompanying the youthful search of self-meaning. On ‘South’ Hippo Campus delve deeper into their transcending journey into adulthood and the playful elasticity of singer Jake Luppen’s voice amplifies the bands bright, optimistic, and emotionally resonant sound.

At this years SXSW, Hippo Campus created such a buzz that they wrapped up their week playing ‘Suicide Saturday’ from their debut EP ‘Bashful Creatures’ on Conan O’Brien’s show CONAN. ‘Suicide Saturday’ was made Huw Stephen’s ‘Record Of The Week’ and was supported by numerous other BBC Radio 1 and 6Music DJs.  Since then they’ve toured relentlessly opening for big-name acts like Modest Mouse, Real Estate and My Morning Jacket as well as performing at The Great Escape. Hippo Campus will return to the UK in August to perform at Reading & Leeds festival plus news of an intimate invite only coming soon.

UK DATES

25th August – Transgressive Studio Party – SECRET LOCATION

28th August – Leeds Festival

30th August – Reading Festival

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iTunes ‘South’

Limited Edition 12″ ‘South’ (Available 20th November)

Combined CD ‘South’ & ‘Bashful Creatures’ (Available 20th November)

PRAISE FOR HIPPO CAMPUS

“Future Island’s enthusiastic kid brothers” Guardian
“An infectious amalgam of Brit-indie influences and afro-pop charm” NME

“Literate indie-pop with a smattering of Afrobeat- influenced shuffling” Q

“Young geniuses… doing it and they’re doing it right, making their dreams become reality at a rapid pace.” Nylon

“Hardly out of high school, Hippo Campus create catchy indie pop rock as though they’ve been playing long past their teenage years.” Interview Magazine

“Raw enthusiasm and adolescent energy mixed in with a touch of generational defiance and youthful bluster.” Indie Shuffle

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