On November 24, 2016, the band announced their Canadian No Culture Tour. Mother Mother played the City of Brampton, Ontario's New Year's festivities at the end of 2016. The first single from the album, "Get Out the Way" was released on July 15, 2014. In 2014, the band signed with Universal Music Canada to produce their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing, which was released on November 4, 2014. They performed this song on their Canadian tour in 2012, playing in hometown Vancouver on December 19. The first single, "Let's Fall in Love", was released on July 17. It contains 14 tracks and was co-produced by the band frontman Ryan Guldemond and producer Ben Kaplan. Mother Mother's fourth album, The Sticks, was released on September 18, 2012. 2012–2018: The Sticks, Very Good Bad Thing, and No Culture
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On January 9, 2012, Kraft Foods launched a series of television commercials featuring the song "Bright Idea". The album prompted a reviewer at the Toronto Star to describe the band as "evolving into orchestral harmonies and hip hop-influenced power ballads, as if Adam Lambert had joined The Dirty Projectors". The album's lead single, "The Stand", entered the Canada Singles Top 100 chart in May 2011 and peaked during that week at position 76.
Mother Mother's third album, Eureka, was released on March 15, 2011. Later that year, on December 3, it was announced that Debra-Jean Creelman had left Mother Mother on January 26, 2009, the band announced the addition of a new singer/keyboardist, Jasmin Parkin. The band released their second album, O My Heart, in 2008. Molly Guldemond (left) and Jasmin Parkin (right) perform for British Columbia Day at Deer Lake Park on August 3, 2009.
On February 20, 2007, the band re-released its debut album under the new name, renaming the album Touch Up and including two new songs, as well as artwork and overdubs different from the original. At that point, the label encouraged the band to change their name to avoid legal issues, and they renamed themselves Mother Mother. In October 2006, after playing a set at the Pop Montreal festival, Mother met with Last Gang Records and later signed a four-album contract. 2006–2012: Touch Up, O My Heart, and Eureka Later that year, they made their debut in central Canada at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 29 as well as in Toronto on July 1, Canada Day, at the Harbourfront Centre. In the summer of 2006, they opened for the Australian band The Cat Empire at the sold-out Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Shortly thereafter, Mother landed a nationally broadcast concert opening for K'naan and the Wailin' Jennys. When the Vancouver Province rated Mother as one of the top five BC bands to watch for in 2007, they began to receive acclaim for their debut album. This debut album was recorded with Howard Redekopp, who had also worked with the New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara. The five members started off playing under the name Mother, and in the fall of 2005, they independently released a self-titled album. On January 28, 2022, the band released a deluxe version of Inside, containing 7 new songs. Their eighth studio album, Inside, was released on Jon Warner Brothers Music. In late 2020, the band's music went viral on TikTok, causing a surge in streams. Their seventh album, Dance and Cry, was released November 2, 2018. Their sixth album, No Culture, was released on February 10, 2017, with yet another Def Jam Recordings release in the United States. The band's second album, O My Heart, was released on Septemtheir third album, Eureka, was released on Matheir fourth album, The Sticks, was released on Septemand their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing was released on November 4, 2014, with an American release of April 7, 2015, on Def Jam Recordings. Retitled Touch Up, the reissue also featured several new songs. They later changed their name to Mother Mother, and re-released the album on Last Gang Records in 2007. In 2005, they independently released their self-titled debut album under the band name Mother. Longtime bassist Jeremy Page left the band in 2016. The band consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond and Jasmin Parkin on vocals and keyboard, Ali Siadat on drums, and Mike Young on bass. Mother Mother is a Canadian indie rock band based in Quadra Island, British Columbia.