35mmrock Hippo Campus crushed their show at The Wiltern on February 20, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Mei Semones warmed up the stage making it the perfect night from start to end.
Mei Semones
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mei Semones makes sophisticated indie pop with undertones of jazz, bossa nova, and math rock. Based in Brooklyn, she issued her debut EP, Tsukino, in 2022. It featured lyrics in both Japanese and English, a trend she continued on subsequent releases including 2024’s Kabutomushi EP, her debut for Brooklyn indie Bayonet Records.
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Hippo Campus
A spirited indie rock quartet based out of the Twin Cities, Hippo Campus deliver angular and melodic guitar-driven pop that falls somewhere between the collegiate Afro-pop/garage rock of Vampire Weekend and the post-punk nerviness of Bombay Bicycle Club. Emerging in 2014 with the EP Bashful Creatures, Hippo Campus released their debut full-length effort, Landmark, in 2017. Just one year later, they returned with their sophomore effort, the eclectic and more electronics-driven Bambi. Following 2021’s Good Dog, Bad Dream EP, the band brought all of their ebullient and experimental pop influences to bear on their third full-length, LP3. After another EP, 2023’s Wasteland, they delivered their fifth full-length, 2024’s Flood.
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