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