London-based indie rockers Happyness combine dreamy melodies that take inspiration from '90s indie outfits such as Sparklehorse and Pavement with wry insights that inform their brooding songs. As a trio, they debuted in 2014 with Weird Little Birthday, slimming down to a duo by 2020's Floatr without skimping on guitar-anchored texture.
Having known each other throughout their teens, singer/guitarist Benji Compston, singer/bassist Jonny Allan, and drummer Ash Cooper, aka Ash Kenazi, were in a variety of other bands before forming Happyness. They eventually found themselves wri...