Lips


Lips began as a solo project in 2010 while Steph Brown was living in New York, recording demos in the bedroom of her Brooklyn apartment. She went on to win the APRA Silver Scroll in 2012 for her song ‘Everything To Me’, a soulful slow burner that played on student radio and introduced a new voice to the airwaves. Lips’ sound grew over the years as the project went from solo to duo to a four-piece band.

Brown had been part of the music scene for some time, playing with Opensouls and Anika Moa, collaborating with Anna Coddington, and playing in Fredericks Brown with Deva Mahal in New York. Lips went on to release three EPs and one LP, I Don’t Know Why I Do Anything (2021) though the project went through many changes, gradually changing from a solo project to an established band. 

Lips - Traces of Teddy (2015)
Lips' Steph Brown rehearsing with Anna Coddington, 2015.
Steph Brown, Lips, 2018
Lips: Maude Morris, Fen Ikner, Steph Brown, Ruby Walsh.
Lips - Freddy Bardot (2014)
Lips' Steph Brown playing a live to air set on 95bFM, Auckland, 2012.
Lips performing at Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 2014.
Lips - I Don't Know Why I Do Anything (2021)
A still from the video for Lips' Traces of Teddy, Tuscon Arizona, 2015
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown.
Lips, left to right: Fen Ikner, Ruby Walsh, Maude Morris, Steph Brown.
Photo credit: Lula Cucchiara
Lips - Heave Ho (2021)
Lips publicity photo
Lips - Your Deodorant Doesn't Work (2021)
Lips - Empty Hours (2021)
Lips promotional image
Lips - Everything To Me (2012)
Daffodils trailer (2019) NZ On Screen
Lips photographed performing at a CD release.
Stephanie Brown, Lips
Anna Coddington (centre) with Steph Brown and Fen Ikner from Lips.
Nightcall video shoot for George FM, with Nick Dwyer, Jeremy Toy, Johnny Paker. 
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown, 2018.
Lips US solo tour, 2011.
Lips - Shadows (2012)
Lips - Nightcall (2013)
Steph Brown, 2018
Steph Brown, Lips.
Lips - Guilty Talk (2019)
Lips New Zealand tour poster, 2021
Steph Brown.
Lips - What the Hell (2021)
Fen Ikner, Lips, 2018.
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown performing at Glasslands, Brooklyn, NYC, 2014.
Lips - We Don't Have Much Time (2013)
Drummer Fen Ikner, Lips.
Lips - The Reason
Opensouls, 2004.
Lips publicity photo.
Lips - Look, Listen album cover (self-released, 2012)
Lips - Not Today (2022)
Lips - One Not Two (2010)
Lips in a publicity photo.
Lips publicity photo
Labels:

Lips Limited

Members:

Steph Brown - vocals, synth, keyboards

Fen Ikner - drums, vocals

Ruby Walsh - bass, vocals

Maude Morris - guitar, synth, vocals

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