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