Sons of Hippies

Sons of Hippies[2] is an American indie/neo-psych rock band from Sarasota, Florida, founded by Katherine Kelly and Jonas Canales.

Sons of Hippies
OriginSarasota, Florida, United States
GenresAlternative, post space rock, post shoegaze, indie psych
Years active2008–present
LabelsCleopatra Records[1]
MembersKatherine Kelly
Jonas Canales

History

High in the mountains of Tennessee, Sons of Hippies was conceived amid fellow music lovers at a festival on a 700-acre farm on a sunny June afternoon; their name originated when Brazilian native Jonas Canales and Florida-bred Katherine Kelly probed familial bonds to discover they were, indeed, children of hippies. The duo's dreamily melodic but complexly synthesized music required the mentorship of Pro-Pain guitarist Tom Klimchuck, who produced and played bass on the band's March ’09 debut, Warriors of the Light,[3] which received the critic’s choice award from Tampa’s popular Creative Loafing publication for “Best Modern-Sounding Record” of 2009.

While on tour throughout the East Coast, Sons of Hippies wrote their sophomore album, A-Morph[4] (also produced by Klimchuck,) which was released in September 2010 and was accompanied by a journal Kelly kept detailing the recording sessions. During this year the group also recorded but never released an EP, Invisible Personalities, titled after a rogue AM radio transmission that was captured in their studio on Kelly's loop station.

In the summer of 2011, the band released a 5-song space rock concept album called Fade to White, which was distributed with a typewritten lyric book.

Bassist Morgan Soltes joined the Hippies in the balmiest December 2013 had ever seen.

Michael Murphy was asked to play Keys, Synth, Kaos Pad, and Electronic percussion in June 2014. In December 2012 the band signed with Cleopatra Records and released a full length album, Griffons at the Gates of Heaven, in 2013.

Griffons at the Gates of Heaven

The album was mixed by Jack Endino ( Nirvana, L7, Mudhoney ) and mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Andy Walter (Radiohead, David Bowie, U2). "besides including the main trio, also includes a few guest artists. One is prog rock's multi-instrumentalist Billy Sherwood. Billy Sherwood is behind the keyboard playing sounds you'd ever want to hear. Andy Walter at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, mastered Sons of Hippies: The Griffons at the Gates of Heaven. The same walls hearing the sounds of old psychedelia of the day. Fits the whole package here very well".[5]

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album
2009 Warriors of the Light[6]
2013 Griffons at the Gates of Heaven[7]

EPs
Year EP
2010 Invisible Personalities
2012 Fade to White
2013 Mirror Ball - Blackburner Remix
2013 Blood in the Water - The Raveonettes Remix

Other appearances

"Time of the Season" (Zombies cover) on Psych-Out Christmas (Cleopatra Records, 2013)
"The Soft Parade" (Doors cover) on A Psych Tribute To The Doors (Cleopatra Records, 2014)
"Gimme Shelter" (Rolling Stones cover) on Stoned - A Psych Tribute To The Rolling Stones (Cleopatra Records, 2015)

References
  1. Sons of Hippies - Discography, AllMusic, Retrieved October 30, 2017
  2. "Sons of Hippies | HARVEY MILK FESTIVAL". Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  3. "Sons of Hippies: Sexy psychedelia from south of the Skyway | Tampa Bay Times and TBT". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  4. "Album Review: Sons of Hippies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  5. "Classic Rock Radio Dot EU - NEW Bands WORTH Checking Out Spotlight: Sons of Hippies – Griffons at the Gates of Heaven (Cleopatra 2013)". Classicrockradioeu.blogspot.com. 8 August 2013.
  6. "INTERVIEW: Sons of Hippies | Sarasota Music Scene". Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  7. "MTV Music". MTV.
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