{"id":5019,"date":"2023-01-03T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2023-01-03T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:54:22","slug":"single-review-anglepoise-the-happy-somethings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/03\/single-review-anglepoise-the-happy-somethings\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Anglepoise&#8221; &#8211; The Happy Somethings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Anglepoise\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/04njLTXyraCg0kPeCfuFhP?si=Jw1Yvi_4RaGrRsV5HEZguw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1261.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1261.jpg 767w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1261-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1261-61x60.jpg 61w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Happys are back with their brand of wibbly wobbly timey wimey indie pop and it\u2019s a corker!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The roar of distorted guitar in the intro made made me think they\u2019d gone heavy metal, but no, they hadn\u2019t it was just them catching us off guard as usual. The chugging riffs are tasty, but what caught my ear is the cryptic lyric:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you begin with Y?<\/p>\n<p>Anglepoise<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know why why begins with W<\/p>\n<p>Anglepoise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a very short song clocking in at 1.39, and there\u2019s a lot in that 1:39, there\u2019s an accordion which is at the other end of the spectrum of the distorted guitars. I like the harmonies in this too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh and I love Granny Smith apples!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back Happys.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is from their album \u201cA Gathering Of Sorts\u201d released on New Year\u2019s Day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to their bio:<\/p>\n<p>Independently unpolished band who like to be happy. Hanging around the Derbyshire\/Notts border making music for pleasure. We try not to take things too seriously. Unintentionally retro.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Happys are back with their brand of wibbly wobbly timey wimey indie pop and it\u2019s a corker!\u00a0 The roar of distorted guitar in the intro made made me think they\u2019d gone heavy metal, but no, they hadn\u2019t it was just them catching us off guard as usual. The chugging riffs are tasty, but what &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,42,52,132,30,150,287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-band","category-guitar","category-lyricist","category-music","category-songwriter","category-track-of-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5021,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019\/revisions\/5021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}