Formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2007, Mint Julep is the husband-and-wif… Read Full Bio ↴Formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2007, Mint Julep is the husband-and-wife team of Hollie and Keith Kenniff. Subsequently relocating to Portland, Oregon, the duo cut a limited release album, Songs About Snow, in 2008 – effectively a trial run for further recording in their home studio, the fruit of which is a sublime follow-up, Save Your Season, released in 2011. The duo self-released Broken Devotion on Unseen in 2015. An ambient album, A Deep and Dreamless Sleep, is slated for release in late 2016.
Hallmarked by Hollie’s seductive, dreamy vocals and a succession of memorably soaring choruses, all of it etched with Keith’s vivid, glinting keyboards, towering guitars and miscellaneous instrumental hooks, Mint Julep make lustrous modern pop music that is wistful and mellifluous yet simultaneously powerful, even epic – equal parts shoegazing romanticism and cool, Kraftwerkian polish. Their songs seem instantly familiar, like old musical friends, a ’classicism’ offset by the freshness and luminosity they exude as they usher you on a breathless ride through the sunlit uplands of electronic indie-rock.
Mint Julep was designed as a conscious departure from Keith’s previous, ambient- orientated projects. “When Hollie and I set out to do something, I wanted to find some way to incorporate her vocals into a slightly different style, rather than just write similar material to my solo work and lay her vocals over top”, he says. “I had the need to write something that had some distorted guitars, loud drums and was a little bolder than what I had previously done. We messed around with a track one night (which became ‘Stay’) and it was a fun process, so we just kept writing more songs so we could do a project together.”
Soon a working pattern emerged, with Keith composing music around Hollie’s lyrics or making tracks which Hollie would then add to. “It just developed after a lot of trial and error, and after a while the material started to plateau and began to sound like an album…”
A Pennsylvannian by birth, Keith Kenniff is an honours graduate of Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music, best known as the brains behind dulcet ambient/electronic practitioners Helios and the fingers on the ivories of post-classical piano minimalists Goldmund (the latter’s music once described by no less an authority than Ryuichi Sakamoto as “…so, so, so beautiful…”). A succession of albums under those aliases has made Kenniff the darling of discerning critics and his music has also been widely used in film, television and advertising, not least on the soundtrack to Harmony Korine’s 2007 comedy-drama Mister Lonely and the trailer for the 2009 Academy Award-nominated Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes.
Originally from Ohio, singer Hollie Kenniff maintains dual US/Canadian citizenship, having spent part of her life in Ontario. Aside from Mint Julep, she has collaborated on several additional musical endeavors in tandem with husband Keith, including a children’s music project, Meadows, (inspired by the couple’s young son), whose debut longplayer was recently released, and an ambient diversion under their own names.
www.mintjulepmusic.com
Mint Julep on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mintjulepmusic
Twitter: http://twitter.com/_MintJulep
Other projects by Keith Kenniff: Helios and Goldmund.
Hallmarked by Hollie’s seductive, dreamy vocals and a succession of memorably soaring choruses, all of it etched with Keith’s vivid, glinting keyboards, towering guitars and miscellaneous instrumental hooks, Mint Julep make lustrous modern pop music that is wistful and mellifluous yet simultaneously powerful, even epic – equal parts shoegazing romanticism and cool, Kraftwerkian polish. Their songs seem instantly familiar, like old musical friends, a ’classicism’ offset by the freshness and luminosity they exude as they usher you on a breathless ride through the sunlit uplands of electronic indie-rock.
Mint Julep was designed as a conscious departure from Keith’s previous, ambient- orientated projects. “When Hollie and I set out to do something, I wanted to find some way to incorporate her vocals into a slightly different style, rather than just write similar material to my solo work and lay her vocals over top”, he says. “I had the need to write something that had some distorted guitars, loud drums and was a little bolder than what I had previously done. We messed around with a track one night (which became ‘Stay’) and it was a fun process, so we just kept writing more songs so we could do a project together.”
Soon a working pattern emerged, with Keith composing music around Hollie’s lyrics or making tracks which Hollie would then add to. “It just developed after a lot of trial and error, and after a while the material started to plateau and began to sound like an album…”
A Pennsylvannian by birth, Keith Kenniff is an honours graduate of Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music, best known as the brains behind dulcet ambient/electronic practitioners Helios and the fingers on the ivories of post-classical piano minimalists Goldmund (the latter’s music once described by no less an authority than Ryuichi Sakamoto as “…so, so, so beautiful…”). A succession of albums under those aliases has made Kenniff the darling of discerning critics and his music has also been widely used in film, television and advertising, not least on the soundtrack to Harmony Korine’s 2007 comedy-drama Mister Lonely and the trailer for the 2009 Academy Award-nominated Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes.
Originally from Ohio, singer Hollie Kenniff maintains dual US/Canadian citizenship, having spent part of her life in Ontario. Aside from Mint Julep, she has collaborated on several additional musical endeavors in tandem with husband Keith, including a children’s music project, Meadows, (inspired by the couple’s young son), whose debut longplayer was recently released, and an ambient diversion under their own names.
www.mintjulepmusic.com
Mint Julep on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mintjulepmusic
Twitter: http://twitter.com/_MintJulep
Other projects by Keith Kenniff: Helios and Goldmund.
Every Word
Mint Julep Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Every Word' by these artists:
Adam K & Soha I'm turning in I think it's time for me to…
Andy Mineo Yeah... Yeah I never kept a diary So when I die What's in…
Animal Sun Stumble home from the bar it's getting late I've been drowni…
Belly Baby's playing dead in cellar Gave her water, just got paler…
Champion With nothing left to say, you turned your back And walked…
Choke forcing wasn't meant You'll break the bend that Holds Why th…
Daniella I'm turning in I think it's time for me to…
Debra Fotheringham There are days I get so lost And so caught up…
Dennis Sheperd & Cold Ble Feat. Ana Criado See the sun fade on the floor Talking to my shadow Takes…
Ercola I'm turning in I think it?s time for me to…
Ercola (Feat. Daniella) I'm turning in I think it's time for me to…
Ercola feat. Daniella I'm turning in I think it?s time for me to…
Ercola Feat.Daniela I'm turning in I think it's time for me to…
ɯ÷ìSade (Love is what the word was) I saw a picture How could…
Frandé 本來就知道留不住 失去了還是 情緒化地掉 眼 淚 對你啊 我笑著流淚 流淚著笑 對自己說 還真是沒辦法 可我 好喜歡和你…
Hybrid Colour my heart in the shade of yours Safe in my…
Lovers Rock (2000)-Sade (Love is what the word was) I saw a picture How could…
Michael Tegio Pastel pinks on Polaroids Memories I watch grow old I want t…
Mylestone Your jealousy keeps on trying to push me down But…
nicolas michaux Every word has a meaning Every dream is true And you say…
Sade (Love is what the word was) I saw a picture How could…
Sade (HQ) (Love is what the word was) I saw a picture How could…
Sky Walker Fate led us to where we've come to be. And…
Smash Mouth Watching for a sound to lead me to wherever you are I…
Striking Matches The days are long But the nights are longer It’s like you’re…
The Waiting Chorus May every word that’s spoken with my mouth And the …
Tish Hinojosa Every word ever said Deep in love doesn't end We've been the…
Tyken I was so absurd Every word Every word And I meant it when…
Tyken feat. Awa I was so absurd And I meant it when I said…
Waiting Chorus May every word that’s spoken with my mouth And the …
Wendel Kos ft. Ercola ft. Daniella I'm turning in I think it's time for me to…
法蘭黛樂團 本來就知道留不住 失去了還是 情緒化地掉 眼 淚 對你啊 我笑著流淚 流淚著笑 對自己說 還真是沒辦法 可我 好喜歡和你…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Mint Julep:
Aviary I lay awake Dreaming of landscapes in the rain We love and…
Cherry Radio This is the break that we wanted Not coming back to…
Days Gone By Rushing through the door into the street I’m waiting for yo…
No Letting Go Please take me away from here Barricaded in our bedroom Pu…
Persuasion All these constellations How they shine, how they shine, how…
Stay The silence stretches far away I lift my head and drop…
Tame don't think twice, close your eyes and break her fall again…
The Promise If you need a friend Don't look to a stranger You know…
Time Is Distance Though I know it’s time to go I won’t meet you…
To The Sea we fly away go all the way to the sun, to the…
Why Don't We salt wash of the sea in the heavy summer rain i feel…
Why Dont We salt wash of the sea in the heavy summer rain i feel…
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Julio Silva
Mint Julep always brings joy to my life!!! Thank you!!
Vanessa Català
I love it! Its just perfect.
Revista The 13th
Beautiful Song!!!
si beex
Great stuff, especially love the wide shimmer of the mix - thanks!
Kool Rock Radio
Lovely tune!
Tomáš Vavřina
Lovely song 🤩
Автостопщик из Казани
Very good!)