Chilled out, lo-fi vocals and lyrics of the non-conventional variety are what spring to mind when asked to describe South London trio Happyness. Their only album, Weird Little Birthday, showcases this beautifully; the light grunge, for example in the brilliant Great Minds Think Alike, All Brains Taste The Same, and ridiculously relaxed vibes in tracks such as Orange Luz create something that sounds like it's come from across the pond via a summer breeze. There is a moment of madness in there though, in the form of 1:18min long Refrigerate Her, a short but sweet break from the calm with riffs and cymbals that make you move.Observational humour is a big part of Happyness' lyrics, as can be seen in album track Naked Patients with the line "There's something so funny about a sick body / and the things that it does that it shouldn't do" amongst others. My favourite lyric, however, comes from Montreal Rock Band Somewhere from their self titled EP. Here, they imagine scalping the frontman from Arcade Fire and fashioning the product into a wig. "I'm wearing Win Butler's hair / There's a scalpless singer in a Montreal rock band somewhere / And he's alright". Well, that's good to know.
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Written by Molly McGrath
