Mother Mother is coming to the Commodore Ballroom on December 2nd the December 5th.
Mother Mother has kept itself in the spotlight for alternative music for quite some time. Their most recent album, Inside, is charged with fury. According to Apple Music, the album is a self-described “pandemic album”. It deals with pent-up cabin-fever energy and a longing for release. From their intense songs “Two” and “Sick of the silence”. To a more intimate and subdued sound with tracks like ‘Forgotten Souls’ and “Pure Love” the album, blends the passionate vocals of Ryan Guldemond and his sister Molly Guldemond flawlessly.
In anticipation of this behemoth alternative band hitting the Commodore in early December, I thought I would share what I think their best song is and their most fun song.
For me, I believe “Happy” from their 2012 album, The Sticks is Mother Mother’s best song. When I was in high school a group of friends and I made this thing called: musicclub. Music club without a space because we thought it was cool. What we did in musicclub was choose a theme. It could be anything. It could be as simple as, happiness or excitement. Sometimes we would also choose genres. Essentially, we’d choose a theme and pick 3 songs each and then go down to my basement, play everyone’s song one by one and just listen. Afterward, we would discuss how we interpreted the song and how it made us feel. I cannot recall the theme of this week, but I chose “Happy” by Mother Mother. This song is musical genius lyrically and with its pacing. It starts out intimate with Ryan Guldemond paving the way, then Molly Guldemond brilliantly pops in harmonizing and singing adding a dreamlike quality to this cesspool of sadness as the song describes a warped sense of happiness and the longing for wishing for happiness that can’t be found anywhere.
When it comes to their most fun song, I personally think it is “Infinitesimal”. Infinitesimal starts out with running. The guitar is and drums are fast-paced and the lyrics pop as the melody trucks forward. Usually, I consider most fun songs to be the ones that you can’t help but dance to, and this is for sure one of them. Mother Mother has so many other songs and it was hard for me because I was in between “Infinitesimal” and “I Go Hungry”, from their 2014 album Very Good Bad Thing, but I ultimately went with “Infinitesimal”. The song gets stuck in my head and easily amps me up.
Mother Mother hits the Commodore stage December 2nd to the 5th!