PRETTY HAPPY, the post punk Cork trio “who sound at times like a deranged Pixies – which is an entirely good thing!", according to Hot Press, are coming to Fall Right Into Place.
The band, who musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson called “brilliantly surreal”, will play Galway’s newest music festival, Fall Right Into Place, in Claregalway Castle, on Thursday September 9. They will be on the bill with And So I Watch You From Afar, Just Mustard, Ailbhe Reddy, and John Francis Flynn.
In July, Pretty Happy released the Sluggers Bridge EP via Art For Blind Record, which, the band say, is an attempt to “capture our live theatre-influenced, art-punk sound...incorporating elements of spoken word and taking as much inspiration from the Irish stage as we do the Irish music scene. This EP is uniquely Cork, influenced greatly by the people and humour of the city.”
The EP follows the singles 'Salami' and 'Sea Sea Sea' - about queer identity and gender stereotyping - which have won acclaim and airplay from BBC Introducing, BBC 6, KEXP Seattle, BBC Ulster, and 2FM.
Praise and acclaim
"'Salami’ is a phenomenal track,” said Sofia K of KEXP. “Reminds me a lot of if Parquet Courts and the Viagra Boys collabed and were Irish.”
“‘Sea Sea Sea’ is the oddball at the party,” said Nialler9, “ a new wavey post-punk track which delights in its Cork-accented delivery and earworm melody”.
The Irish Examiner has called the band “contenders to the Cork music throne”, and praised member Abbey Blake for her “distinctive pedal-driven electronic guitar style”. NamelessFaceless simply said, “Listening to Pretty Happy feels like someone left the tap on at full blast, washing you away with noise and raw energy.”
Fall Right Into Place will be socially distant, with tickets sold in pods of four and six. Tickets are €35 (+charges ) per person per day via www.fallrightintoplace.ie and www.strangebrew.ie
