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Happyness reissuing debut LP, covered Norah Jones, touring around SXSW including two NYC shows (dates, stream)

by Bill Pearis

photo:::Happyness @ Baby’s All Right, CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
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UK trio Happyness have signed with Bar None Records in the U.S. (and Moshi Moshi across the pond). Last year’s terrific, underrated Weird Little Birthday will be getting reissued in April with a bonus disc of unreleased tracks, plus its first pressing on vinyl. While we wait for that, Happyness have shared a cover of Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why” which they adapt to their appealingly slack style. You can stream that, along with the original version of Weird Little Birthday and a video for “Montreal Rock Band Somewhere,” below.

As mentioned, Happyness will be back in North America for SXSW and Burgerama IV, and they’ll be touring around the continent while here, wrapping things up with two shows in NYC: April 11 at Baby’s All Right and April 12 at Cake Shop. Tickets are on sale for the Baby’s show (no advance tix for Cake Shop).

Happyness were last in NYC for CMJ. All dates are listed, along with videos and song streams, below…


Happyness – Montreal Rock Band Somewhere

Happyness – 2015 Tour Dates
March 15 Denton, TX – 35 Denton Music Festival
March 17-22 Austin, TX – SXSW
March 24 Denver, CO – Hi Dive w/ Delicate Steve
March 26 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
March 29 Santa Ana, CA – Burgerama
March 30 San Francisco, CA- Bottom of the Hill w/ White Fence + Twerps
April 01 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
April 03 Seattle, WA – The Sunset Tavern
April 04 Missoula, MT – Stage 112
April 06 St, Paul, MN – Turf Club
April 07 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s Oasis
April 08 Chicago, IL – Subterranean w/ Ezra Furman
April 09 Cleveland, OH – Happy Dog East (Tickets available on day of show only)
April 10 Middletown, CT – Wesleyan College (Tickets available on day of show only)
April 11 Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
April 12 NYC, NY – Cake Shop