12" EP - Limited Edition Black Vinyl (4 Tracks).
For Pretty Happy's debut EP Echo Boy, the Cork art-punk trio teamed up with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum, Black Midi) at Hellfire Studios in Dublin to record all four tracks. The EP title and artwork references the Echo Boy statue in Cork City by sculptor Barry Maloney commemorating the paperboy street sellers of the Evening Echo newspaper.
Pretty Happy are heavily inspired by their home city of Cork. The people of Cork are nicknamed the Rebels due to their stubbornness to conform. The band take this rebellious identity to heart in their characteristic musicality and their Cork accented stream of consciousness ravings.
Whilst their music at times may have a jagged edge, the band strives to promote inclusion. Everyone is invited and welcome at a Pretty Happy show. Off stage, Pretty Happy like to engage in other artforms including directing their own music videos, curating festivals and directing and producing feature length documentaries. On stage, Pretty Happy tap into a primal cultural mania.
Their songs, always filtered through an absurdist lens, cover such topics as drink spiking, suburban angst and rape culture. Their intense live show intends to mirror the ebbs and flows of the human condition. Most important to the band, is the use of humour in their songs. Inspired by the essential Irish trait of finding humour in every situation no matter how sad or horrifying it may seem.
Pretty Happy 2022 Live Dates:
3rd & 4th December – Other Voices, Dingle
16th December – Workman’s Club, Dublin
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Boots
2. Peanut Paulie
Side B
3. Husband
4. Conn Boxing