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
Week Ending: Nov 19 Nov 12 Nov 5 Oct 29 Oct 22 Oct 15 Oct 8 Oct 1
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
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
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
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.

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