Year 8, Day 212

Hey guys. Today's song is It's Alright by Mother Mother.

Mother Mother is a Canadian band active since 2005 and currently made up of Ryan Guldemond, Molly Guldemond, Ali Siadat, Jasmin Parkin, and Mike Young with past members being Kenton Lowin, Debra-Jean Creelman, and Jeremy Page. Originally started by Ryan, the beginning group was the Guldemond sibling along with Creelman, playing acoustically before being joined by Loewen and Page and performing as Mother. They independently released their first album in 2005, and after receiving a nod form a Vancouver newspaper their popularity began to skyrocket. They got a couple concert spots with some other big names and played some festivals before earning a record deal in 2006. This is also when they changed the name to Mother Mother to avoid any legal issues. They re-released their album in 2007 with the label, followed by another album in 2008. Lowin left the group around this time (I don't know if it was before or after the album) and was replaced with Siadat. Shortly after this Creelman left the group, replaced with Parkin. They released another album in 2011, followed by another in 2012, then signed a new record deal prior to releasing their next album in 2014. They did some touring in between albums, before Page left the group in 2016, being replaced by Young. The group released an album in 2017, followed quickly by another album in 2018 and a North American tour through 2019. Through 2020 the band's popularity spiked again, thanks to a TikTok trend and became a sort of anthem for the non-binary community, which Ryan Guldemond describes as a huge honour. The group had actually planned on not making anymore music after that, they did a pandemic album which was released in 2021. Since then they have gone back on tour through 2022 and released a Christmas song. While this song is not from their pandemic album, I do find it as a comfort and sometimes find myself just singing it to myself if I'm having a day. So hopefully it'll resonate with you as well.

Peace.