Mother Mother is a Vancouver based indie rock band. They are a band consisting of 5 members: Ryan Guldemond, Molly Guldemond, Ali Siadat, Jeremy Page and Jasmin Parkin.

Everyone struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic that we are slowly getting out of more and more everyday. However, in the first few months of the global pandemic, many were afraid and worried about what was going on. 

Athletes not being able to perform at their events, performers having to cancel their concerts, workers being laid off, students not knowing if a return to school would be possible, the list can go on and on.

For me, the pandemic wasn’t too difficult. I was already used to staying home on the weekends anyways, so adapting to a “stay-at-home” lifestyle was pretty easy. Since I was a student in high school at the time, I would always just attend online classes, and grind through a video game after classes were finished.

For Mother Mother though, they released an album in 2018 called “Dance and Cry”, which would be their last album released before the pandemic.

They originally had no plans to make new music anytime soon after their album’s release in 2018, but they did go on-tour from February 2019 to March 2019, which would be the last time they would make music of any kind.

During the pandemic, their song “O My Heart” surged up on the streaming charts, as the song went viral on TikTok in late 2020, resulting in the band coming back together and releasing new music, and eventually a new album called “Inside”.

The album is based on the global pandemic, which I find to be a very relatable topic for listeners.

They are currently on-tour right now, with the band beginning their tour on December 2nd, 2021 in Vancouver, and will conclude their tour on May 20th, 2022 in Ottawa.