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. 

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