Happies, The / If We Were Really Hee
Album: | If We Were Really Hee | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Happies, The | Added: | Aug 2006 | |
Label: | Eden's Watchtower Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2006-09-17 | Pull Date: | 2006-11-19 |
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Week Ending: | Nov 19 | Nov 12 | Nov 5 | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 | Oct 1 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Aug 09, 2013: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Paw Paw |
4. | Nov 09, 2006: | press and release
Give Yourself |
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2. | Nov 14, 2006: | What's in the Ice Box?
Newspaper Friend |
5. | Oct 31, 2006: | What's in the Ice Box?
Learn How To Pray |
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3. | Nov 09, 2006: | Finneman's Market
Polarity |
6. | Oct 26, 2006: | Finneman's Market
Spend A Day |
Album Review
Rob
Reviewed 2006-09-13
Reviewed 2006-09-13
Run of the pop/rock mill, with catchy hooks, smooth harmonies, and straight-ahead style. Standard rock instrumentation throughout, with a leaning towards chunky rhythmic playing that gets ineluctably smoothed out by the clean production. Best at the softer points, with a pleasant Lassie Foundation / Starflyer 59 / Brian Wilson feel.
FCC Clean, Pics: 3, 6, 8, 13
1. 3:06 Pop/Rock opener. Pretty, dreamy softs between indistinct modern rock sections.
2. 4:41 Similar to track 1, but a bouncier feel and heavier refrains.
**3. 4:43 Sweet and lazy pseudo-southern ba-dum-bum-bum melody reminiscent of Brian Wilson. Long vamped theme for the outro.
4. 3:22 Rhythmic southern rock. Cold start.
5. 2:01 Brief modern rocker.
*6. 5:38 Easy ballad, with piano intro and delicate vox. Closes with a nice pop guitar solo over a soft ooh hook.
7. 3:57 Lower energy, with semi-whispered vox and smooth acoustic playing. Slightly southern and Hem-ish.
*8. 3:00 Similar to track 1, again with mumbly vox in the soft parts, but now with slow tempo changes and an emo-rock urgency when the song picks up.
9. 3:54 Sugary, gentle, arpeggiated pop.
10. 2:10 Like track 9, more upbeat.
11. 4:55 Hook-based, catchy pop/rock. A little heady.
12. 2:59 Soft and monochromatic ballad.
**13. 5:42 Odd, buzzy tape intro before soft and happy sounding singer/songwriter piano waltz. Vamped hook soars a bit, with a Sufjan-esque mixed instrumentation interlude beginning at 2:28. Sudden noise at 3:39-4:09, then sci-fi urban soundscape for the remainder.
FCC Clean, Pics: 3, 6, 8, 13
1. 3:06 Pop/Rock opener. Pretty, dreamy softs between indistinct modern rock sections.
2. 4:41 Similar to track 1, but a bouncier feel and heavier refrains.
**3. 4:43 Sweet and lazy pseudo-southern ba-dum-bum-bum melody reminiscent of Brian Wilson. Long vamped theme for the outro.
4. 3:22 Rhythmic southern rock. Cold start.
5. 2:01 Brief modern rocker.
*6. 5:38 Easy ballad, with piano intro and delicate vox. Closes with a nice pop guitar solo over a soft ooh hook.
7. 3:57 Lower energy, with semi-whispered vox and smooth acoustic playing. Slightly southern and Hem-ish.
*8. 3:00 Similar to track 1, again with mumbly vox in the soft parts, but now with slow tempo changes and an emo-rock urgency when the song picks up.
9. 3:54 Sugary, gentle, arpeggiated pop.
10. 2:10 Like track 9, more upbeat.
11. 4:55 Hook-based, catchy pop/rock. A little heady.
12. 2:59 Soft and monochromatic ballad.
**13. 5:42 Odd, buzzy tape intro before soft and happy sounding singer/songwriter piano waltz. Vamped hook soars a bit, with a Sufjan-esque mixed instrumentation interlude beginning at 2:28. Sudden noise at 3:39-4:09, then sci-fi urban soundscape for the remainder.
Track Listing
1. | Everything's Fine, Cover Your Eyes | 7. | Learn How To Pray | |||
2. | Sun Don't Shine | 8. | It's Only You | |||
3. | Paw Paw | 9. | Newspaper Friend | |||
4. | Open Up Geraldine | 10. | Holy Places | |||
5. | Polarity | 11. | Give Yourself | |||
6. | Eleven | 12. | Spend A Day |