Mother Mother

Mother Mother is a Canadian indie-rock band that was formed in 2005 by Ryan Guldemond. Currently, their latest album is called Inside, which was released on June 25, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjjJZ81LayG1OpIEGLm89TWbhTmTFyZME
==History==
===Early Career===
The band began in Heriot Bay, British Columbia in January 2005, when guitarist and vocalist Ryan Guldemond was at music school and wanted to start a band based on vocal-driven pop songs. http://www.oswegonian.com/archives/3328/mother-mother-interview/ He recruited his sister Molly along with a friend from college, Debra-Jean Creelman, to accompany his own vocals for the songs he had written, and the trio played as an acoustic act before adding drummer Ali Siadat and bassist Jeremy Page.
The five members started off playing under the name Mother, and in the fall of 2005, they independently released a self-titled album. This debut album was recorded with Howard Redekopp, who had also worked with the New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara. When the Vancouver Province rated Mother as one of the top five BC bands to watch for in 2007, they began to receive acclaim for their debut album. Shortly thereafter, Mother landed a nationally broadcast concert opening for K'naan and the Wailin' Jennys. In the summer of 2006, they opened for the Australian band The Cat Empire at the sold-out Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Later that year, they made their debut in central Canada at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 29 as well as in Toronto on July 1, Canada Day, at the Harbourfront Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218155125/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/program/concert.aspx?id=6117
===2006-2012===
In October 2006, after playing a set at the Pop Montreal festival, Mother met with Last Gang Records and later signed a four-album contract. At that point, the label encouraged the band to change their name to avoid legal issues, and they renamed themselves Mother Mother. On February 20, 2007, the band re-released its debut album under the new name, renaming the album Touch Up and including two new songs, as well as artwork and overdubs different from the original.
On December 3, it was announced that Debra-Jean Creelman had left Mother Mother; http://www.myspace.com/mothermotherspace/blog/453746681 on January 26, 2009, the band announced the addition of a new singer/keyboardist, Jasmin Parkin.
On January 9, 2012, Kraft Foods launched a series of television commercials featuring the song "Bright Idea" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3N6DnwvNjk
===2014===
In 2014, the band signed with Universal Music Canada to produce their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing, which was released on November 4, 2014. The first single from the album, "Get Out the Way" was released on July 15, 2014. http://exclaim.ca/News/mother_mother_sign_to_universal_for_new_album_premiere_get_out_way
===2018-Present===
Recently, songs from their 2008 album, O My Heart, went viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok starting in late 2020, causing their music to reach new streaming highs. The songs, in particular "Hayloft", "Arms Tonite", "Wrecking Ball" and "Burning Pile", became popular, with videos including cosplay and gothic fashion. Although no particular event caused the surge, the band's music did resonate with non-binary communities, as users played Mother Mother songs while discussing gender-related topics.
Although the band had not planned on making new music, in October 2020, they stated to Rolling Stone that they were completing their eighth album at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. Dubbed a "pandemic album", it would contain the "energy from the earlier catalog". On March 9, 2021, Mother Mother released the singles "I Got Love" and "Stay Behind". https://canadianbeats.ca/2021/03/09/mother-mother-release-two-new-songs-i-got-love-and-stay-behind/
==Discography==
===Albums===
*Touch Up (2007)
*O My Heart (2008)
*Eureka (2011)
*The Sticks (2012)
*Very Good Bad Thing (2014)
*No Culture (2017)
*Dance and Cry (2018)
*Inside (2021)
*Grief Chapter (2024)
===Singles===
*Bright Idea (2012)
*Bit By Bit (2012)
*Slip Away (2012)
*Get Up (2018)
*So Down (2018)
*Cry Christmas (2022)
*Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2022)
*Normalize (2023)
*To My Heart (2023)
*The Matrix (2023)
==Tours==
==References==
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