The Underground of Happiness

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 189 Tues Sept 20 2011 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/ccr *listen back to this show here https://rapidshare.com/files/4208677283/The_Underground_Of_Happiness_20-9-2011.m4a Playlist Connan Mockasin - Faking jazz together (extended version) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Sept 26 ) Liz Green - Bei mir bist du schoen ( playing Kings Place, London, Nov 25 ) Memoryhouse - Modern normal Eden Ahbez - Full moon ( Trunk Records ) Dutch Uncles - The ink ( playing Academy 2, Dublin, Nov 18 ) (The) Caseworker - The slow track Larsen feat. little Annie - It was a very good year ( playing Cafe Oto, London, Oct 8, w/ Trumpets of Death ) Driver Drive Faster - They may talk Trumpets of Death - The press gang ( playing Cafe Oto, London, Oct 8, w/ Larsen ) ...

This is something worth taking 19 minutes out of your day to listen to. Memoryhouse are a duo from Toronto , consisting of Evan Abeele (composer) and Denise Nouvion (vocals). They originally self-released most of these songs in 2010 on digital only. Those songs are now getting CD and LP treatment, with a couple of extra tracks added, and everything re-recorded/mixed/mastered from scratch. And of course the considerable support of Sub Pop . What you have below is fairly unusual - the whole EP, as a stream with accompanying film. I'd say it's dream pop, but whatever you want to call it, it's intoxicating stuff. That word isn't out of place actually because there's a certain narcotic quality to it that you wouldn't be wrong in associating with a Panda Bear or a Beach House . There's more of an ambient drift underneath this, mind you. I just feel like lying down really and letting its reverbed gorgeousness wash over me all day. At the risk of overdosing your se...