Buzzing new indie artist Wiffeney is dropping off her compelling new single “Townhouse.”
Wiffeney is a multi-disciplinary artist blending soulful indie pop, jazz-laced melodies, and hand-drawn 2D animation into a kaleidoscopic world that’s as striking to watch as it is to hear. Her debut single turned heads and hinted at a unique and compelling creative voice — and now “Townhouse” has her poised for a breakout moment.
Steph Hope (Wiffeney) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose body of work is best described as “beautiful, psychedelic vomit.” Hope’s visual and musical stylings find balance in contradiction. Amorphous characters held together by melting linework appear grotesque, but their kindergarten colors and batting eyelashes suggest childlike whimsy. Her soulful voice gently floats over jazz fusion, but her preferred soundscapes are full of oddball plucking, whirring synths, and mutant pitch-shifted backing vocals.
Hope hails from Didcot, England, a town crowned statistically “the most normal town in England” in a 2015 study. The specific peculiarity and comedy of her work is directly motivated by such a powerfully mundane place. Steph Hope is part of a waning group of traditional animators — opting for 2D animations drawn on paper.
Her passion for the enticing yet unsettling was forged straight out of art school working on the legendary Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared web series. Since then she has created visuals for Japanese music icon Haruomi Hosono, MNDSGN, Kate Bollinger, Vels Trio, and Orions Belte, among others. Her animations have been commissioned by FX Networks, VICE and Stones Throw and shown on Channel 4 (UK). Her work has received awards at Minimalen Film Festival and The Visuelt Awards (NO) and she was named as one of the Young Guns 17 by The One Club For Creativity (NY).
