It all started with the ‘Hayloft’
Anyone who knows me knows that I physically cannot shut up about Mother Mother. I’m insufferable. An evangelist. As such, I’ll do my best to make this piece not read like a pamphlet.
Besides, it’s only appropriate to write about this Quadra-based band as they gain a considerable foothold on the world’s stage.
If you approached me ten years ago and told me that Mother Mother, that indie band I liked a lot, would become a viral Internet sensation during a global pandemic, I would need a lot of clarification. But I would be in total disbelief.
It’s true, though. Teenagers on TikTok got ahold of Mother Mother’s 2008 album O My Heart and ran with it twelve years after its release. They made all kinds of content, primarily to the tune of ‘Hayloft’.
Hayloft was, all those years ago, my gateway track into becoming the rabid Mother Mother fan I am today. History has a way of repeating itself (and of making certain writers of certain music-related articles feel absolutely decrepit like a mummy, falling apart in a tomb).
So popular is ‘Hayloft’ that Mother Mother has been flirting with the idea of recording a sequel. A real, ‘Where are they now?’ of the fabled young lovers in the hayloft.
As is my style in these articles, this is the part where I let you know that Mother Mother is coming to Vancouver in the very near future! On December 2 through the 5th, they’ll be at the Commodore Ballroom, and there are some tickets still available. And on New Year’s Eve, they open for 54-40 and Bryan Adams at Rogers Arena. Click here for tickets to that one.
I can personally attest to this band having a Cheap Trick quality about them. The songs are unreal on the albums, yes. But live? There’s no comparison. The experience is elevated exponentially. I would go as far as claiming Mother Mother to be the best contemporary alternative, live act out there right now. I can’t recommend seeing at least one Mother Mother show in your life enough.
If you have 20-odd minutes, check out this CBC Music performance that demonstrates what I’m talking about:
I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see these folks skyrocketing, and I’m definitely stoked for whatever it is they do next.