***Second single “The Way You Hate Me”, released March 8th, follows chart debut and paves the way for huge album launch Summer 2004***
“This is more like it. One for Placebo and Muse fans out there. Huge big polished guitar sounds, cut-glass vocals, a great melodic rock rock song. Much better than a first single deserves to be.” – Dominik Diamond, Daily Star Sunday, 16.11.03.
“Breathe For Me’ is a heady mix of Placebo’s tragic story telling and an uplifting collision of steroid-amped guitars and technological tinkering” Simon Young, Kerrang! November 1st 2003.
“You can spend years trying to find that magical fusion without joy, and then totally unannounced, it'll land in your lap. Happylife deliver an injection of much needed vigour to Britrock. No longer the UK's best kept secret, Happylife have the guts, the gusto, and the genius to scrape the skies. 4.5 / 5 (single of the week)” - Kristian Barford, C4 Teletext, November 2003.
Happylife, adrenalin charged after a very successful last quarter have confirmed the release of their second single, ‘The Way You Hate Me’, on March 8th.
‘Breathe For Me’, released on UK rock label Albert Productions, was a hugely successful debut release charting at 87 in the national singles and 22 in the indie singles charts respectively. Having been championed by Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Steve Lamacq (Music6) and play listed on Xfm, the band have just been tipped by C4’s Teletextat number 2 in their ‘Metalli-tips 2004’ Top 10 chart, just behind Lost Prophets at number 1 !
Happylife spent much of the latter part of 2003 honing their live sound, supporting first Reuben and then Blondie, and in the process wowing more than 30,000 punters throughout the UK. Happylife’s next live dates are:-
January 18thNewcastle Cluney – supporting Jarcrew
January 19thHull Adelphi - supporting Jarcrew
January 20thLeicester Charlotte - supporting Jarcrew
January 21stNorwich Arts Centre - supporting Jarcrew
January 22ndCambridge Boatrace - supporting Jarcrew
January 24thDerby University - Headlining
‘The Way You Hate Me’, a perfect radio blend of melody, harmony and sensational song writing, should catapult the act into the British music mainstream. With the gloves now firmly off, Happylife are fighting fit and ready to batter the UK market with an intensity that befits the soaring rock songs on their stunning, debut album, due out June 7th 2004.
Hate Me – Roland Hyams on 020 8677 8466 or 020 8769 6713.
January 14th 2004.
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