Half Happy

I’d love people to make up their own stories from it, but ultimately the EP is made up of things I haven’t been able to say for whatever reason. You want to be completely honest in a moment but you aren’t so you don’t kill a conversation. Each song almost feels like a different part of the day sonically. I feel like we imagine we’re in different locations; work, pub, town, back in your bedroom for each track. The EP is one big diary entry, one crazy day with lots of drama.

“Half Happy have become something of a local legend in the Welsh capital” So Young Magazine

Welsh indie newcomers Half Happy share gripping new track ‘Bloom’, out today (September 10th), marking the third reveal from debut EP ‘Conversation Killer’, arriving September 20th.

Shooting up through Cardiff’s flourishing music scene, the thrilling quartet’s dream-pop, indie-rock and post punk eccentricities have already contributed to them winning the Welsh Music Prize 2023 (Triskell Award), with their vivid storytelling and raw observations melting into spellbinding lyricism.

With plaudits in recent times from Huw Stephens on the BBC 6 Music airwaves, lead single ‘Slow Down’ and follow-up ‘Well Done Honey’ have resulted in substantial praise throughout the press community (NME, So Young, The Line Of Best Fit, Clash, La Blogotheque). Whilst on the live front, the band are heading out on their debut UK headline tour this December, following on from a slew of previous slots with acts including English Teacher, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard and Pale Blue Eyes. 

Detailing their latest release, frontwoman Rosalie Miller revealed: “‘Bloom’ is about getting caught in the middle of your mate’s relationships. For the first minute of the track you are almost trapped by the vocal and synth, just like you’re stuck in an awkward conversation. You have no idea how you can help, what to say, don’t want to drop anyone in it. Then going into the chorus has always felt to us like jumping into the sea, feels like a huge relief how the guitars and synth swell together. A floaty relationship track which doesn’t know yet whether to love them or dump them”.

Happy Happy’s ‘Bloom’ is out now and available on all digital platforms.

Half Happy is Rosalie Miller (vocals) , Zac Noneley (drums), Pete Smith (guitar), Jon Wilson (bass)