From once performing in front of just 25 people at Broken City to playing in front of hundreds and even opening for Matt Good coast-to-coast, Mother, Mother has come a long way, baby.

Playing at the Calgary Jubilee Auditorium on December 8th, Mother, Mother is back in the city performing for more fans than ever.  Be there 25 fans or 2,500, guitarist/vocalist Ryan Guldemond says the band loves their fans all the same.

"We really love playing Calgary, that’s for sure. I think we can attribute that to the feeling in the room and the volume of people that come out, but it hasn’t always been that way," Guldemond says. "At the beginning there’d be 25 people at Broken City and we didn’t love Calgary any less at that time. There’s always been a good vibration and now things have progressed to involve more people in that feeling."

And although the Juno-nominated band’s past year may have been a whirlwind with non-stop globetrotting celebrating the release of their last album, the band got back at it with this year’s The Sticks.

Guldemond says the art-pop quintet’s accomplishment has really been an eight year journey, not an overnight success.

"I feel like it’s been baby steps. It started with playing for 25 people and then it was playing for 200 people and then playing the Gateway and then oh, a song on the radio and opening for Matt Good," he says. "It’s been a succession of happy accidents, lucky gigs, hard work and eight years later we still get to do this and that’s really the prize."

When Mother, Mother released its O My Heart album in 2008 people really started to take notice of their addicting beats and catchy lyrics but it was 2011’s Eureka that really solidified their spot on radio stations and music festivals across the country. Now, The Sticks is picking up where the band left off but with a little bit of reinvention, of course.

Guldemond describes the latest album as a bit "moodier" than the other but with more "texture."

"It breathes and releases and recoils and it has its peaks and valleys and loud and quiet and really it’s fairly dynamic. There’s also a lot of sentimental weight to it and more poetic than any of our records," he says, adding, "we have this insatiable desire to always be better and to not just repeat."

Their addictive single, "Let’s Fall in Love", is already sitting at #2 nationally on the Modern Rock radio chart, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s familiar with their music. Infectious, Mother, Mother has a way of getting into people’s heads.

And while the group recognizes they are a "love it or hate it" kind of band, they appreciate their "beautiful" fans even more for it.

"Our fans seem very sweet and invested and they don’t seem like they’re following a trend or there because someone told them to be or for a girl they like," Guldemond explains. "It makes sense because our music isn’t really down the middle. I think it’s a bit extreme so if people are there it’s because they want to be there."

After the band’s current tour finishes up on the west coast later this month, the indie darlings plan to travel to the United States and see what they can "stir up."

"We know we still have a lot of work to do, but I mean, what else would we do? This is fun, inspiring and fulfilling, and we’re happy to keep going down this path until it ends."