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We recently caught up with possibly the most cheerful band in the industry, Happyness. The lo-fi indie band, fresh from performing the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading and Leeds, chatted to us about their debut album, 'Weird Little Birthday', as well as their forthcoming UK tour. 

1 Who are Happyness?

That feels confrontational or we've never done well with big existential questions or us.

2 You've recently released your debut album, tell us a little about this?

We released it ourselves on our label. It's called "Weird Smiling" (the label, not the album). The album, not the label, is called "Weird Little Birthday". We made it ourselves in our studio which we can't use anymore because of neighbour complaints and a collapsing floor. That's called "Jelly Boy Studios". It (the album, not the studio) was meant to be 14 tracks, but we made 2 of those into 1. So now it's 13 tracks, which worried us because we're amateurishly superstitious (we just knock on wood and stuff we don't really know the rules). It was mixed by Adam Lasus so thanks to him, he was a big part of it too.

3 You're going on a UK tour in October, looking forward to this?

Yes. It should be fun. Someone actually pointed out that all the shows are in England so it may be falsely advertised.

4 Where do you see yourselves in 5 years time?

Well, we're pretty happy just being in a band at the moment, but at some point we'll probably be looking to expand the brand. I think we could do well in the packaged food area - we have an idea for a breakfast sausage with our name written up the middle like Brighton rock.

5 What's next for Happyness?

Well our EP just came out in the UK and it comes in the US in a week or so. So that.

Huge thanks to Happyness for the interview. 

Buy Happyness' debut album, 'Weird Little Birthday' via Rough Trade: http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/83570

Also, purchase Happyness' new EP, 'Anything I Do Is Alright', via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/anything-i-do-is-all-right/id906654897

Buy tickets for Happyness' October tour and see dates via NME Tickets: http://www.nme.com/tickets/artist/happyness ;

Follow Happyness on Twitter: @Happynessmusic / https://twitter.com/Happynessmusic

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Like Happyness on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Happynessmusic

Written by Charlie Ireland. 

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