The year is 1997. Somewhere, in the moss dappled heights of the north of England, something is stirring. Deep, inescapable nausea that exists between hyperventilation and being car-sick. There are buildings, forever etched in your dreams. Long destroyed, they stand within to loom over your future. 

The Happy Soul have a curious blend of influences. At one moment soft and hushed, much like Nina Simone at her most blue, the next frantic and angular like the twin guitars of Television. Their understanding of the subversion of pop music is writ large across their back catalogue in bold, garish colours. 

Photo by Kyla Jayne Lynskey https://www.kylajaynephoto.co.uk/

Videos

VIDEOS

About

ABOUT

“AN ENJOYABLE BLEND OF STRONG HARMONIES, POP PANACHE AND SWINGIN’ HIGHS RELIVED, WHEN NECESSARY, BY JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MELANCHOLY DREAMINESS…”

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‘Big Wow, the second album from The Happy Soul, is an enjoyable blend of strong harmonies, pop panache and swingin’ highs relived, when necessary, by just the right amount of melencholy dreaminess. Influences include Frank Zappa, Jake Thackray, Mahalia Jackson, Scott Walker, Nilsson and The Beach Boys- all of which the band is able to synthesise into a cohesive and robust sound.’

Adam Lowe, Vada Magazine

“…Parasite is what you’d want a proper pop song to sound like, clever lyrics, a dead catchy chorus, and incredibly charming”

Jon Milton, New Music Social

‘…the songs are very modern in their knowing wit, poetic surrealism and Belfast-sink melodrama. Some of them take unexpected twists and turns; others are comforting in their crafted popsong-ness. But what they all have in common is that they’ll stick in your head, become earworms and generally make themselves part of your life.’

Invisible Girl Records

Releases

RELEASES

Here are all of the songs we’ve released so far. Please click the links to listen, and if you like what you here you can support us by purchasing from our Bandcamp page

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