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