Hippo Campus are set to release their debut album on the 24th of February. Named ‘Landmarks’ it has been getting a lot of attention in the build up to it’s release so we spoke to Hippo Campus themselves to get a better idea on the album.
In terms of live crowds, how does the UK compare to the US?
Y’all like to sing along to guitar riffs, which is quite enjoyable for us – Theres not much of that in the states. There is electricity in both environments, so it’s difficult to point out. The differences are good though. They both have their own thing going.
Who does the overall music scene compare between the UK and US?
The same could be said. We don’t claim to be experts in either fields though. Different boats for different sailors.
‘Landmark’, your debut album, is released on the 24th. What was the biggest challenge with it being the debut?
The outside pressures. It was expected that we’d have eyes on us, mostly because everyone was telling us so. When it came to actually writing and recording, we had to go through a process of asking ourselves mundane and stereotypically “sufferable” questions like, “What do we want to write about? Who are we writing for? What’s the point of writing? etc.” Then we figured out that all we had to do was write. Plain and simple. Ask questions later/never.
First impressions are everything. Which song should fans listen to first when they get the album? And why that track?
We look at this album as one fluid product. First impressions are a beginning, so they should probably start at the beginning. Seems intuitive enough. We’ve always hesitated on the idea of singles.
Hippo Campus is of course relating to the brain where memories are retained. So, What is the best memory that you have as a band?
It usually appears in our heads as a collection – A scrapbook of long nights in foreign places, beautiful people we’ve met along the way, festival shows, van rides… It’s all a blur, and we wouldn’t trade it for the world.
