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Twenty-five years into a celebrated career is an unlikely time to switch thingsup, but the “divinely inspired” (Rolling Stone) Mother Hips have never been ones
to follow convention. For their brilliant and exhilarating tenth album,
‘Chorus,’ the California stalwarts turned their recording process on its head in
order to make their most fully realized and essential collection yet.
Originally signed by Rick Rubin while still just students at Chico State, The
Mother Hips have spent two-and-a-half decades at the forefront of a new breed of
California rock and roll—one equally informed by the breezy harmonies of the
Beach Boys, the funky roots of The Band, and the psychedelic Americana of
Buffalo Springfield—and established themselves as “one of the Bay Area’s most
beloved live outfits” (San Francisco Guardian) through countless headline shows,
massive festival appearances, and dates with everyone from Johnny Cash and Wilco
to Lucinda Williams and The Black Crowes. The New Yorker lauded the band’s
ability to “sing it sweet and play it dirty,” and ‘Chorus’ is perhaps the finest
example yet of that intoxicating dichotomy, a richly melodic album firmly rooted
in gritty rock and roll with the kind of evocative storytelling that The Mother
Hips do best.
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