Waterplanet is the work of imagistic songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Millie Landrum and James Hesser. With driving melodies and harmonies, they share vocals and alternate on acoustic guitar, percussion, and other instruments. Veterans of the Baltimore Music Scene, Waterplanet has toured the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast.
Following recent releases Ghost-Hypnotic and Songs for Holiday Living I & II, Waterplanet debuted their latest EP Never Far in fall 2020. Their playfully introspective songs blur the lines between pop, rock, and psych-folk – frequently haunting, yet strangely familiar.
Their cinematic storytelling has been compared to: She and Him, Courtney Barnett, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Violent Femmes, Pixies, Patti Smith, X, and other ground-breaking artists. When Shelly Yakus, engineer to John Lennon, U2, and countless others, heard Waterplanet's recordings, he declared them ahead of their time, and said they conjured animated movies in his mind.
Waterplanet has played:
Baltimore - Mums Bar, Reverb, Grand Voyager, 1919, Windup Space, Ruhlman's Brewery, Joe Squared Power Plant, Joe Squared North Ave., D'Agostino Studios, Brass Monkey Saloon, Sidebar, Golden West Cafe, Metro Gallery, Ottobar, Talking Head, Cafe Tattoo, Mojo Room and Lounge, 14 Karat Cabaret, Paloma's, Wolford's Bakery, 8x10, 13th Floor, The Bank, Sowebohemian Festival...
Elsewhere - Arsenal Bowling Lanes (Pittsburgh, PA), Mulligan's Pub (Grand Rapids, MI), Moe's Tavern (Chicago, IL), The Back Corner (Nashville, TN), Flicker Bar & Theater (Athens, GA), On Pop of the World Studios (Greensboro, NC), The Local (Boone, NC), Bourbon & Branch (Philadephia, PA), Pianos (NYC), Rock Shop (NYC), Shrine (NYC), Silvana (NYC), Tree House Lounge (Washington, DC), Union Hall (NYC), Tea Lounge (NYC), Grog and Tankard (Stafford, VA), The Delancey (NYC), Mid City Caffe (DC), Artomatic (DC), Big Art Show Brooklyn (NYC), East End Cafe (Newark, DE), CODE Space (Philadelphia, PA), The Catbox (Philadelphia, PA), Galaxy Hut (Arlington, VA), Harrisburg Spring Festival (PA), Philadelphia Music Conference (PA), Millenium Music Conference (Harrisburg, PA), Independent Music Conference (Phildelphia, PA)...