At the stroke of midnight last night, Hippo Campus dropped a new song across the internet alongside an announcement of a massive Fall tour across much of the United States.

Their first new material since last year’s warm glow EP, the standalone-single, “Passenger,” is a pensive, slow-burning indie pop gem. Produced by regular-collaborator BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso, Francis & The Lights), the song borrows from the more serene and deliberate moments of 2017’s landmark, while showcasing the band’s ever-increasing knack for soaring melody and dynamics.

“Passenger was written in the winter of 2017 after the first four months of touring on landmark,” says singer/guitarist Jake Luppen. “Lyrically the themes deal with the challenges of growing alongside the person you love. For this song in particular I tried to challenge myself to write a more complex chord progression to sing to. I started off with a TR-8 groove and the rest followed pretty naturally.”

It’s fitting the single was written after a stint on the road, as its release heralds another touring announcement: a massive run across the United States in some of the biggest rooms the band has ever played. Indeed, Hippo Campus will be stopping at Terminal 5 in New York City, The Riv in Chicago, Stubbs in Austin, TX and so many more iconic venues that dot the US. They’ll be joined by special guests The Districts each night. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Get them at hippocampusband.com.

Today is a busy one for Hippo Campus. In a few hours they’ll be kicking their winter tour in Bozeman at a sold out Rialto, while just this morning we’ve unveiled a new music video for “Buttercup.” The video, animated by the incredibly talented Noah Farrar and Dolorondu, is a kaleidoscopic sugar high of color and energy that gamely matches the landmark standout.

Meanwhile, Bozeman isn’t the only show that’s sold out on this upcoming tour. Massive rooms in LA, Brooklyn, Seattle, Chicago and the band’s hometown Minneapolis are sold out too. If you’re lucky enough to have a ticket already, do send us pictures. If you’re in one of the other cities, stop waiting and scoop up your tickets now. They won’t be around much longer.

Today is the day. Hippo Campus’ warm glow EP is now available to hold in your beautiful hands. If you ordered it from us or the band, you should have your copy now (how you liking it, btw?). If you didn’t, you should be en route to your local record store to snag a copy right now. Seriously, stop reading. Unless you don’t know where your closest record store is. In that case, our friends at Record Store Day have this handy store locator here. Use it.

Meanwhile, our dudes are currently out on the road touring across the great states of America. Full list of shows and tickets over in our tour section. Bonus: if you go, you can also get that gorgeous 2XLP version of landmark and warm glow up there. And if you don’t, you can still snag it in the GJ shop, where we also just launched – several years late… – shirts.

Surprise! Today Hippo Campus release warm glow, a three-song EP that features “baseball,” a song fans have been clamoring for for what seems like an eternity. But that’s not it, the dudes also announced another lengthy run of headline dates for early 2018. Kinda blows our minds we’ll be seeing them at Brooklyn Steel here in NYC next year. Upwards, onwards, rinse, repeat. Dates in the tour section here. We’ll have a pre-order of a limited edition one-sided 12″ with a gorgeous etching on the B-side very, very soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

It’s been a long time since Hippo Campus released new music. Some might argue too long. Then again, those people probably haven’t listened to landmark yet. The band’s long-anticipated debut LP was released today, and it’s an absolute revelation, worth every second the band spent perfecting its 13 tracks. Listen on Spotify, get it on iTunes, or chase those limited edition LPs, 500 on opaque yellow at indie retail, and a precious few remaining of the opaque blue version at Electric Fetus. The band recently played the full album for a listener event for their hometown KCMP, which you can watch below. Or, go see them in the flesh, as they’re hitting the road in support of the new record right now.

Yesterday, Hippo Campus returned with a new video for “way it goes,” the latest song released from their forthcoming debut, landmark, due February 24th via Grand Jury.

Directed by frequent-collaborators Hyper House, the clip was premiered yesterday by our friends over at Noisey. “The Minnesota quartet oscillate between melancholic lo-fi gems and colorful, energetic tracks,” says Noisey, “think Ezra Koenig fronting Real Estate.” “way it goes” is decidedly one of the latter, a song Noisey called “pretty much the perfect song to get lost to, driving down the 405, your hair whipping in the wind.

Pre-order the album over at hippocampusband.com, and check out all of the band’s upcoming tour dates – including recently announced festival performances at Bonnaroo and Bottle Rock – in the tour section.

With last month’s release of “boyish,” anticipation for Hippo Campus’ new album “landmark” has been mounting. Luckily the dudes don’t like making people wait, so they’ve returned with “monsoon,” another tune from their February 24th debut LP. Hat tip to Northern Transmissions for sending the accompanying lyric video out into the world. Pre-order the album now to get both “boyish” and “monsoon” immediately, and don’t forget to grab some tickets for their massive headline tour which kicks off next year.

No more waiting. This morning, Hippo Campus have announced their debut full-length, landmark, due via Grand Jury on February 24th. You can pre-order your copy in the GJ shop right now, or get physical bundles, music with tickets, or the old reliable download over at hippocampusband.com. What’s more, the guys unveiled a mesmerizing music video for landmark’s “Boyish,” and a whole grip of headline dates, including a pair of First Avenues in their native Minneapolis, that run from February to April of next year. Our friends over at AV Club just debuted the Hyper House-directed clip earlier today, which you can watch below. And, as usual, you’ll find all dates and tickets over in our tour section. Finally!

This is the first new Hippo Campus song in 371 days. That’s over a year, but, you know, who’s counting, right? …right?

After hearing it, we think you’ll agree that it was worth the wait. Our friends over at NPR certainly seemed to concur today when they showcased “Boyish” in the latest installment of All Songs Considered.

So, yes, rousing from a calendar-length slumber should probably be read as a sign of exciting things to come. But we won’t spoil anything just yet. In the meantime, be sure to check the guys out on the road with Saint Motel starting this weekend, and snag or stream “Boyish” now.

Conan likes ‘em and so should you. Check out Hippo Campus’ new tour dates for spring! Tickets available now.