Emerging from the swampy depths of the Louisiana bayou, Bipolaroid plays delta psychedelic music influenced by the likes of Dr. John the Night Tripper, Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd and the 13th Floor Elevators. Delivering odes to time machines, looking glasses, and vampires, the band’s style eclipses both space rockers and more orchestrated pop-psychedelia.
Formed in 2002, Bipolaroid self-released three full-length LP’s before submitting their first efforts for Get Hip Recordings: the “Supernatural Beauty” 7″ and Twin Language LP. The band has since focused its efforts on their latest upcoming full length release, Paint It Blacker, released date to be announced soon, on Get Hip Recordings.
BIPOLAROID
Ben Glover Vocals, guitar
DC Harbold Bass
Nick Ray Drums
Get Hip Recordings SXSW 2018 Showcase · Mar. 15 (Austin, TX)
SXSW 2018 Showcase Live at Lamberts (Austin, TX) · Thursday, March 15, 2018 · Get Hip Recordings proudly returns to SXSW with an unmissable showcase, featuring Austin’s own Power Pop heavyweights, The Ugly Beats! They’ll be joined onstage by Get Hip labelmates Nox Boys and Bipolaroid; Get Hip Folk Series artists Some Kind of Animal and Zack Keim and […]
Get Hip Record Store Grand Opening f/ Bipolaroid: 10/21 @ Get Hip HQ
JUST ANNOUNCED! Guest live acoustic performances by: Morgan Erina, Emily Rodgers, Zack Keim, and Demos Papadimas MC’s for the evening: Demos Papadimas and Johnny Angel (PGH Doo-Wop Legend / Owner of Johnny Angel’s Ginchy Stuff) Pizza provided by: A’Pizza Badamo GET HIP RECORD STORE GRAND OPENING f/ B I P O L A R O I D Saturday, October 21 @ Get Hip […]
GET HIP • GET ART Sound Series: Free Show Aug 7, 2014 @ Get Hip HQ
GET HIP • GET ART proudly presents the second installment in its celebrated Sound Series of live concert events! This free, all-ages show will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at Get Hip Recordings’ headquarters in the RJ Casey Industrial Park. Veteran New Orleans psych-rockers Bipolaroid blew the roof off of April’s premiereSound Series event. This time it’s a Teenage Garage Explosion featuring thrilling performances by some […]
BIPOLAROID Announce Tour, Premiere “Self-Portrait” Video
This April, New Orleans garage-pysch visionaries Bipolaroid are embarking on a run of Midwest/East Coast dates in support of their fourth studio album, Twin Language – available now from Get Hip Recordings. Expand the article to view the full tour schedule. The band is also premiering the official music video for “Self-Portrait,” the psychedelic second […]
BIPOLAROID & NEIGHBOURS: Co-Headlining Show at Pittsburgh’s Club Cafe (April 13)
Bipolaroid will kick off the last leg of their Spring Twin Language Tour with a co-headlining show featuring Get Hip labelmates Neighbours. Pittsburgh pop-rockers The Telephone Line will support. The concert will be held this Sunday, April 13 at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. Doors open at 7 p.m. with music to begin […]
SXSW Get Hip Recordings Showcase: March 15 at Lit Lounge (Austin, TX)
Get Hip Recordings returns to Austin, TX this week to participate in the annual SXSW arts and music festival. The legendary garage label will host a showcase of its finest talent on Saturday, March 15 at Austin’s Lit Lounge. The lineup will include five of Get Hip’s signature house-rockers – The Cynics, The Ugly Beats, […]
Praise For BIPOLAROID’s “TWIN LANGUAGE”
Twin Language, the latest full-length record from New Orleans psych rockers Bipolaroid, is available now on 180-gram vinyl and compact disc. It is the band’s first album to be released on Get Hip Recordings! Since its Nov. 16th release, Twin Language has garnered a lot of interest from the independent music press. See what’s being […]
BIPOLAROID’s “Efflorescent Adolescent” Featured on BLURT
Blurt Magazine recently reviewed Bipolaroid’s official music video for “Efflorescent Adolescent,” the debut track from their upcoming full-length album Twin Language, out Nov 16th on Get Hip Recordings: This kicks ass. No, seriously. It’s a killer track from Get Hip’s November-slated Bipolaroid album Twin Language. [Bipolaroid have] been together since 2002 and have three previous […]
BIPOLAROID Unveils New Album, “Efflorescent Adolescent” Music Video
New Orleans’ premier Delta Psych combo Bipolaroid will release Twin Language, their fourth full-length album and first since signing with Get Hip Recordings, on Nov 16th. The record will be available on 180-gram vinyl and compact disc. PREORDER NOW! The band just debuted Official Video for the track “Efflorescent Adolescent” first single from the album! (presented by Ether Wave).
Coming in August From Get Hip: BIPOLAROID’s “Twin Language” LP
Get Hip Recordings is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Bipolaroid‘s fourth studio album, Twin Language. It will be the band’s second record on Get Hip’s imprint, following the Supernatural Beauty 7″, released earlier this year. Twin Language is set to be released on August 13. It will be available on CD and heavyweight, […]
BIPOLAROID Debut 7″ on Get Hip and Upcoming Full Length LP!
Get Hip proudly announces the debut release of New Orleans’ BIPOLAROID! Their new 7” single, Supernatural Beauty, is on sale now! Stay tuned for their upcoming full length LP Twin Language and check out upcoming tour dates for BIPOLAROID! Emerging from the swampy depths of the Louisiana bayou, this New Orleans group plays delta psychedelic […]
2013 Get Hip Recordings SXSW Showcase!
Saturday, March 16 The Parish Underground (214 E. 6th St., Austin, TX) 8:00pm–Bipolaroid (New Orleans, LA) 9:00pm–The Ripe (Austin, TX) 10:00pm–The Subsonics (Atlanta, GA) 11:00pm–The Ugly Beats (Austin, TX) 12:00am–The Mullens (Dallas, TX) 1:00am–The Authorities (Vancouver, Ca-Stockton, Ca)
Get Hip Recordings SXSW 2018 Showcase · Mar. 15 (Austin, TX)
SXSW 2018 Showcase Live at Lamberts (Austin, TX) · Thursday, March 15, 2018 · Get Hip Recordings proudly returns to SXSW with an unmissable showcase, featuring Austin’s own Power Pop heavyweights, The Ugly Beats! They’ll be joined onstage by Get Hip labelmates Nox Boys and Bipolaroid; Get Hip Folk Series artists Some Kind of Animal and Zack Keim and […]
Get Hip Record Store Grand Opening f/ Bipolaroid: 10/21 @ Get Hip HQ
JUST ANNOUNCED! Guest live acoustic performances by: Morgan Erina, Emily Rodgers, Zack Keim, and Demos Papadimas MC’s for the evening: Demos Papadimas and Johnny Angel (PGH Doo-Wop Legend / Owner of Johnny Angel’s Ginchy Stuff) Pizza provided by: A’Pizza Badamo GET HIP RECORD STORE GRAND OPENING f/ B I P O L A R O I D Saturday, October 21 @ Get Hip […]
GET HIP • GET ART Sound Series: Free Show Aug 7, 2014 @ Get Hip HQ
GET HIP • GET ART proudly presents the second installment in its celebrated Sound Series of live concert events! This free, all-ages show will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at Get Hip Recordings’ headquarters in the RJ Casey Industrial Park. Veteran New Orleans psych-rockers Bipolaroid blew the roof off of April’s premiereSound Series event. This time it’s a Teenage Garage Explosion featuring thrilling performances by some […]
BIPOLAROID Announce Tour, Premiere “Self-Portrait” Video
This April, New Orleans garage-pysch visionaries Bipolaroid are embarking on a run of Midwest/East Coast dates in support of their fourth studio album, Twin Language – available now from Get Hip Recordings. Expand the article to view the full tour schedule. The band is also premiering the official music video for “Self-Portrait,” the psychedelic second […]
BIPOLAROID & NEIGHBOURS: Co-Headlining Show at Pittsburgh’s Club Cafe (April 13)
Bipolaroid will kick off the last leg of their Spring Twin Language Tour with a co-headlining show featuring Get Hip labelmates Neighbours. Pittsburgh pop-rockers The Telephone Line will support. The concert will be held this Sunday, April 13 at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. Doors open at 7 p.m. with music to begin […]
SXSW Get Hip Recordings Showcase: March 15 at Lit Lounge (Austin, TX)
Get Hip Recordings returns to Austin, TX this week to participate in the annual SXSW arts and music festival. The legendary garage label will host a showcase of its finest talent on Saturday, March 15 at Austin’s Lit Lounge. The lineup will include five of Get Hip’s signature house-rockers – The Cynics, The Ugly Beats, […]
Praise For BIPOLAROID’s “TWIN LANGUAGE”
Twin Language, the latest full-length record from New Orleans psych rockers Bipolaroid, is available now on 180-gram vinyl and compact disc. It is the band’s first album to be released on Get Hip Recordings! Since its Nov. 16th release, Twin Language has garnered a lot of interest from the independent music press. See what’s being […]
BIPOLAROID’s “Efflorescent Adolescent” Featured on BLURT
Blurt Magazine recently reviewed Bipolaroid’s official music video for “Efflorescent Adolescent,” the debut track from their upcoming full-length album Twin Language, out Nov 16th on Get Hip Recordings: This kicks ass. No, seriously. It’s a killer track from Get Hip’s November-slated Bipolaroid album Twin Language. [Bipolaroid have] been together since 2002 and have three previous […]
BIPOLAROID Unveils New Album, “Efflorescent Adolescent” Music Video
New Orleans’ premier Delta Psych combo Bipolaroid will release Twin Language, their fourth full-length album and first since signing with Get Hip Recordings, on Nov 16th. The record will be available on 180-gram vinyl and compact disc. PREORDER NOW! The band just debuted Official Video for the track “Efflorescent Adolescent” first single from the album! (presented by Ether Wave).
Coming in August From Get Hip: BIPOLAROID’s “Twin Language” LP
Get Hip Recordings is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Bipolaroid‘s fourth studio album, Twin Language. It will be the band’s second record on Get Hip’s imprint, following the Supernatural Beauty 7″, released earlier this year. Twin Language is set to be released on August 13. It will be available on CD and heavyweight, […]
BIPOLAROID Debut 7″ on Get Hip and Upcoming Full Length LP!
Get Hip proudly announces the debut release of New Orleans’ BIPOLAROID! Their new 7” single, Supernatural Beauty, is on sale now! Stay tuned for their upcoming full length LP Twin Language and check out upcoming tour dates for BIPOLAROID! Emerging from the swampy depths of the Louisiana bayou, this New Orleans group plays delta psychedelic […]
2013 Get Hip Recordings SXSW Showcase!
Saturday, March 16 The Parish Underground (214 E. 6th St., Austin, TX) 8:00pm–Bipolaroid (New Orleans, LA) 9:00pm–The Ripe (Austin, TX) 10:00pm–The Subsonics (Atlanta, GA) 11:00pm–The Ugly Beats (Austin, TX) 12:00am–The Mullens (Dallas, TX) 1:00am–The Authorities (Vancouver, Ca-Stockton, Ca)
LPs
Transparent Make-Believe (2003)
– Surreal But Kind (SUR-001)
E(i)ther Or (2008)
– Surreal But Kind (SUR-003)
Illusion Fields (2010)
– Surreal But Kind (SUR-004)
Twin Language (2013)
– Get Hip Recordings (GH-1164)
– More Info
EPs & Singles
Reviews
Twin Language (2013)
“It’s brutal, yet pristine, a beautiful mess that will leave you gasping.” (4/5 Stars)
Fred Mills | Blurt
“Crammed with short, sharp, eminently tuneful gems”
Neil Hussey | Shindig! Magazine
“Slurred vocals paired with psychedelic lo-fi create music that can weird you out while simultaneously forcing you to dance.”
LeAundra Jeffs | SLUG Magazine
“Balancing an aesthetic evoking a haze of marijuana smoke with a solid backbone of melodic pop, Bipolaroid manages to keep its feet on the ground, but its head firmly in the clouds.”
Michael Toland | The Big Takeover
“Fun stuff all around, with songs like ‘Tonight We Paint the Town’ perfectly capturing the spirit of the original music this quintet so clearly loves. ”
Bart Mendoza | San Diego Troubadour
“Recommended for their balls-out approach, which gets catchier every time it’s played.”
J.J. Syrja | Retroactive KAOS
“[‘Efflorescent Adolescent’] kicks ass. No, seriously. They’re even better than ever.”
Fred Mills | Blurt
“Hazy Love-style psych pop gemstones with sleepy Syd Barrett vocals that are so basic and warm and charming.”
Matt Werts | Razorcake
Supernatural Beauty 7″ (2012)
“A song that has Syd-era Floyd written all over it”
Simon Lewis | Terrascope
“Seriously sunshiny psychedelia”
Aquarius Records
Illusion Fields (2010)
“[Singer Ben] Glover and company have created good art that is uniquely strange and, in its own way, beautiful.”
Sam Levine | Offbeat
E(i)ther Or (2008)
“Bipolaroid have musicianship on their side.”
Chris Henderson | HoustonPress
Interviews & Features
“Live: The Second Annual Brooklyn PsychFest at Party XPO”
Eugene Reznik | The L Magazine | Feb. 1, 2011
“Local Psychedelic Rock Band Bipolaroid Explores ‘Illusion Fields’ on New Record”
Keith Spera | The Times Picayune (NOLA.com) | Oct. 22, 2010
The Phoenix | 2008
BIPOLAROID - TWIN LANGUAGE 