It would be strange to say you first heard Bloodhype anywhere other than some kind of illegal warehouse or via someone’s phone speakers outside of a Red Hot Ranch. It’s not background music, but it's the best music to jam to while shoving a hundred hot dogs in your mouth. 

Bloodhype, originally created as a solo project by Maureen Neer in 2011, was born in Athens, Ohio where it floated along the Hocking River to pick up rhythm and mixing mastermind Chris Lee. Like most weird, sci-fi-obsessed kids, Bloodhype (now more of a group project) made their way to Chicago, IL where they Kirby-inhaled Colin Mulhern, who occasionally adds additional instrumentation and mixes Bloodhype’s songs. Tracks like Fifth Dimension, /r/lovespell, and After You wouldn’t bang as hard without his production expertise. 

Bloodhype has played shows all around the midwest and even ventured to Puerto Rico. While playing at San Juan’s Club 77, the sound guy liked the music so much he invited Bloodhype to play on his live stream at his house. That was pretty neat.

Bloodhype has 6 full-length albums, the latest being TRENDOIDS, which was released in January of 2024. You can probably tell from upbeat extraterrestrial and cryptid themes in “Encounter at Alpha 7 Quadrant” and “Night Crawler” that the album was conceived during COVID lockdown as a response to the need for silliness in a time of great fear and unrest. Bloodhype’s latest EP, Equation of Time, is a collection of songs Maureen made while exploring her love of Vaporwave.