Happyness share new single "Through Windows" + extend UK / EU tour | New album out April 7 on Moshi Moshi
HAPPYNESS SHARE “THROUGH WINDOWS” – THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM “WRITE IN”
RELEASED APRIL 7th ON MOSHI MOSHI
EXTRA UK TOUR DATES ADDED FOR APRIL
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES ADDED FOR MAY
Listen to “Through Windows”
When Happyness first burst into the public conscience with debut single “It’s On You”, their spirited take on US college rock was as big a surprise as it was an instant hit. The resulting full length, “Weird Little Birthday”, went on to feature in many End of Year album lists. Worldwide tours, an NME Award, a re-issue on the much-loved labels Moshi Moshi Recordings (Bar/None in US), and millions of Spotify plays later, it is with some anticipation that the band release new single “Through Windows” from 2nd album “Write In”.
Part-recorded at the band’s own Jelly Boy Studios, then finished with Adam Lasus in LA, Happyness shared some thoughts on the new single: “This started as an instrumental thing on guitar and piano. It was about double the speed. We had to name it immediately to save the Logic file and the name just kind of stuck. The song was written later standing around the piano and the recording was pretty much finished the same day. But the chorus started out as kind of a purposeful mishearing of “Ride Into The Sun” by The Velvet Underground – I used to think it could just as easily be heard as “Right Into…”, or “Write In To…” – so maybe it’s a song sung to a newspaper, we haven’t quite decided yet. About a week after the album was mastered it struck me that the fade out sounds like a car driving into the distance which goes nicely with the words.”
Having already announced their headline UK/Ireland tour (including their biggest London show to date for April 28th), Happyness have added a string of further UK dates for April, and can now also announce a European tour for May 2017. Benji comments; “This tour is our first headline tour for a while now, and for the first time we’ll have two albums to play from, so we’re looking forward to it a lot. We’ve got a lot of expensive ideas for stage props that we probably won’t be able to realise by April.”
April 2017 UK / Ireland headline tour dates:
7 Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands [buy tickets]
11 Fulford Arms, York, UK [buy tickets]
12 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK [buy tickets]
13 Picture House Social Club, Sheffield, UK [buy tickets]
14 The Cellar, Oxford, UK [buy tickets]
15 Olby’s Cafe, Margate (Moshi Moshi Easter Show), UK [buy tickets]
18 The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, UK [buy tickets]
19 The Louisiana, Bristol, UK [buy tickets]
20 Buyer’s Club, Liverpool, UK [buy tickets]
21 Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland [buy tickets]
22 The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, UK [buy tickets]
24 Think Tank, Newcastle, UK [buy tickets]
25 Gullivers, Manchester, UK [buy tickets]
26 Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK [buy tickets]
28 The Dome, Tufnell Park, London, UK [buy tickets]
30 Handmade Festival (Academy 2), Leicester, UK [buy tickets]
May 2017 European headline tour dates:
2 L’Espace B, Paris, France [buy tickets]
4 Spazio 211, Torino, Italy [buy tickets]
5 Dude, Soliera, Italy [Door Only]
6 La Parenthese, Nyon, Switzerland [Free Entry]
8 Rhiz-Bar Modern, Vienna, Austria [buy tickets]
9 Musik Und Frieden, Berlin, Germany [buy tickets]
10 Molotow Musikclub, Hamburg, Germany [buy tickets]
11 Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands [buy tickets]
12 Dok, Gent, Belgium [buy tickets]
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