Title track from Steph Modder's debut release of "Hope's Got Me". Available now. Visit www.stephmodder.com for more information.
Shot by Joe Portnoy (www.snaptography.net)with a Canon 5D Mark II and 70-200mm f/2.8
Influences
Muse, the violet burning, nick drake, U2, North, Joseph Arthur, Sam Phillips, Denison Witmer, The Innocence Mission, Grandaddy, Goldfrapp, Do Make Say Think, Blonde Redhead, The Cure, Badly Drawn Boy, Tahiti 80, Yo La Tengo,That Dog, Phantasmic, Jason Morant, Fine China, R.L Burnside, the Cowboy Junkies, Papas Fritas, Pizzicato Five, the September Equation, Johnny Cash, Bright Eyes, Over the Rhine, Emmylou Harris, MONO, Super Contra vs IBID, Old 97's, Hillsong United, His Name is Alive, Low, Altar Boys, The Choir, The Delgados, Live in Japan, theninathepintaandthesantamaria, Rosie Thomas, Nick Cave, Sufjan Stevens, Andy Zipf, Leonard Cohen, Dirty Three, Black Heart Procession, Songs:Ohia, Spain, Godspeed! You black emperor, Jeff Buckley, Snow Patrol, Neutral Milk Hotel, Red house painters, etc.whatever
Sounds Like
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Whether she’s backed by the band or alone with just her acoustic guitar, Steph Modder’s bewitching vocals draw us in, like the allure of a longed-for embrace. Ignited by her passion and expressive spirit, her lyrics are tender, often plaintive, and seem to all at once comprise life’s victories and its heartaches.
This native mid-westerner got her musical start in the coffeehouses and clubs of Minneapolis -- at various times singing BGV's, playing violin and other random instruments with a band called the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria (now Greycoats), and serenading fans all on her own.
She has since transplanted herself into the DC music scene and is stepping into the solo spotlight. Now, in her debut CD, HOPE’S GOT ME, Steph collaborates with mentor and producer Michael Pritzl (The Violet Burning, The Gravity Show) unveiling a collection of songs she has been writing off and on for a while.
With sounds as melancholy as her soul, Steph allows a raw and exposed view into her personal encounters soaring in the heights of love and safety, treading wearily through the valleys of self identity and love lost, all of which she found to be part of the journey in the pursuit of what makes it all matter. The featured track, “Hope’s Got Me”, expresses the cavernous search Steph experienced when questioning the meaning of life’s jarring turns and its ability to unpredictably change us forever.
With its honest lyrics and enchanting melodies this album is her first opportunity to put her art out there for you to hear, assess and, hopefully, fall in love with. It’s been a long time coming. Enjoy.
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...ahh! Thanks Steph! We're in the process of recording a new album. The joys and troubles of interpreting what we do live in the studio. thanks for thinking of us!
i get so sick of everything EVERYTHING in this world being about sex, you know? i say, screw genetic imperatives...let's go build a tree fort or something instead!!!
(so the sexy lips are ironical, get it? because gee, Bahbwa, what's a girl got to do these days? i think our society is disgusting right now. to the TREE FORT!!!)
