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Happy

by Bush Tetras

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Featuring the single "Nails." Artwork byt Pat Place.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Happy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Heart Attack 04:15
2.
Slap 02:58
3.
Trip 03:10
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Nails 04:30
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Chinese Afro 02:02
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Motorhead 03:46
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Theremin 04:51
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Ocean 05:46
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Swamp Song 02:12

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For a limited time, Bush Tetras 1998-recorded album 'Happy' will be available exlusively on Bandcamp. Included the hit "Nails."

All Music Guide on 'Happy' -

While Happy is quite consistent, there are standouts, including the two aforementioned songs, which have remained staples of their live set. Also notable are "You Don't Know Me" and "Chinese Afro," both examples of maximal, rockist funk. Place's guitar fractures riffs, taking melody to its most angular extremes while spitting out distorted vamps and power chords. Murphy's basslines are complex, funky, and in the pocket, while Pop plays with a jazzman's sense of time and adventure, and a rocker's sense of attack. The moody darkness in the band's mature sound can be heard best on "Heart Attack," "Buckets of Blood," and especially "Oceans." Happy finds the Bush Tetras at a fully mature peak, where they're clearly invested in the creative aspect of the recording process yet in places they capture the chaotic energy of their live performances. Fleming's production is lean enough to allow the inspired playing to come to the fore and disciplined enough to showcase the BT's considerable songwriting chops. - Thom Jurek

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released September 3, 2021

Pat Place, Cynthia Sley, Dee Pop, Julia Murphy

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Bush Tetras New York, New York

New York City legends the Bush Tetras have been making paranoid, groove-centered post-punk since 1979, when Pat Place left James Chance and The Contortions to found the group with singer Cynthia Sley, bassist Laura Kennedy and drummer Dee Pop. They played to 5000 in Mexico City at the NRMAL festival and toured around the US and EU. They released a box set in 2021 and album of new songs in 2023. ... more

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