#head spell

[jellymeatheart]

Happy Diving are a band that have been in my periphery via label sampler playlists for a couple of years now, however nothing before their new record 'Electric Soul Unity' announced their sound clearly enough for me to pay attention. The tongue-in-cheek album title marries up perfectly with the 'sensitive slacker' motifs that make Happy Diving so immediately affable. Simple, fuzzy, pop sensibility, applied to a soundscape evocative of driving around in your best friend's car, with the windows down, on the last day of summer. The 'quiet-loud-quiet' timbre applied to their standout track 'Head Spell' slots the single into instant classic territory, alongside textbook alt-pop favourites of the genre defining greats from the 90s. 

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[pirateplayground]

"Head Spell" from Electric Soul Unity by Happy Diving! ADDS 8/2/16! More info here: http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/24966/happy-diving/

[topshelfrecords]

“Head Spell” by Happy Diving from Electric Soul Unity ♫

[iheartmoosiq]

Happy Diving is a happy new discovery for me, though these fellows have actually been around for a few years. In fact, the band formed right here in the suburbs of San Francisco’s East Bay in 2013. Happy Diving casts a glazed, dusty “spell” of hypnosis with their latest single, Head Spell. Its guitar sludgy slacker rock is delicately tender yet powerfully raw. We’re taken back to the 90′s by Head Spell’s weathered, rugged rock, which feels like a mellow cross between Dinosaur Jr and Nirvana. Head Spell is a cut off the band’s forthcoming album Electric Soul Unity, due out August 19th on Topshelf Records. You can pre-order the album ahead of its release date on Bandcamp.

[topshelfrecords]

On “Head Spell,” Happy Diving goes for the gut

Happy Diving has never met a fuzz pedal it didn’t like. On its previous releases, the East Bay band has gone for the gut with guitars so consuming, it’s as if everything in its path is being swallowed by the band’s massive sound. That’s not the case, though, for “Head Spell,” which The A.V. Club is

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Pre-order the band's new album on cassette, CD, vinyl or digitally here.