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

Steph Brown - vocals, synth, keyboards

Fen Ikner - drums, vocals

Ruby Walsh - bass, vocals

Maude Morris - guitar, synth, vocals

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