THE DOUBLE HAPPINESS
The Double Happiness 'SPACETIME'
SPACETIME, the third long player from Brisbane quartet The Double Happiness, launches the crew into a bold new frontier of sound.
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Inspired by an eclectic mix of 1960s tv & films, unusual journeys and quirky encounters, SPACETIME delivers a very familiar sense of nostalgia, combined with new dimensions to song writing and arrangements. The album opens with Adele Pickvance (The Go-Betweens) on vocals, providing an official welcome and cementing her place in the lineup.
SPACETIME is a fully energised listening adventure, which speaks to the live recording process used - a first for the band. The Double Happiness’s love of surf guitar licks, reverb and spaghetti westerns can still be found on such tracks as ‘Octopus’, and ‘Piroshki’, and in the epic ending to the ever-so-cheeky ‘Lust In Space’.
SPACETIME is a fun-filled trip. Fans of the band, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will recognise the signature jangle, (courtesy of Kristin’s prized Gretsch 12 string), which heralds the opening moments of the first single ’Sister Bertrille’. The nod to the 1967 sit-com, “The Flying Nun” is coupled with the band’s love of the Dunedin Sound and the record label which bears its name. The darker, post-punk elements of the record carve out their own places in ‘Not A Saint’, ‘Message Strange Phone’ and ‘Arrivederci’.
Kristin and Peter’s familiar call/response vocal arrangements are complimented beautifully by Adele’s ethereal BV’s, most notably on the final track, ‘The Wisdom of Edgar’. The angelic harmonies take the finale to a hypnotic locked groove, which allows the listener to linger just a little longer.
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The Double Happiness ride high on their steeds through waves of their self-coined "surfgaze" sound - a compelling mix of surf, spaghetti-western, post-punk and shoegaze. The foursome create sonic earworms about beaches, ping pong, cities, existentialism, miscommunication, oysters and more.
The band wears an eclectic variety of musical influences on their paisley sleeves. Their songs pay homage to the genres that raised them but maintain a tangible connection to the timeless jangly guitar sounds of their hometown of Brisbane (Meanjin).
Known for their lively reverb-drenched performances, they've enjoyed consistent gigging, including support duties for international artists including The Charlatans and Kristin Hersh, as well as Aus icons The Clouds, Dreampoppies amongst others.
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Their debut EP City (Valley Heat Records), released in 2018, became an instant 4ZZZ favourite with solid airplay around the country.
In 2019 their beloved ode to Brisbane, 'No Place Like Nundah’, hit number fifteen in 4ZZZ’s Hot 100 and remains a singalong crowd favourite. The quartet re-released ‘Nundah’ on vinyl in 2025 and played to a sold out show at The Royal Hotel, in Nundah itself.
‘Surfgazing’ (2020 - 4000 Records), the band’s first long player, was unleashed to a rapturous reception, with many of the tracks showcasing TDH’s love of surf guitar and reverb. ’Snapper Rocks’ and ‘Wild Bikini’ set an audience’s hair on fire at their high energy live shows.
Completing the trilogy of City, Surf and Western was ‘Roadhouse’ (2022) - an album that captured a distinctive spaghetti western sound - the kind you’d find on a Tarentino soundtrack. This is a very special release, as it is Meg’s final recording with the band.
2025 sees TDH hit the outer limits with the release of SPACETIME. Featuring sounds that take the band into a bold new frontier, and welcomes Adele Pickvance (Go-Betweens) to the quartet. Their third LP is out on galactic gold vinyl, CD and will be officially launching at The Old Museum on September 20 at The Old Museum with Keep On Dancin’s.
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"if you, like me, enjoy the goth-y, dreamy and slightly sparkly... you're welcome." ​
- Amanda Palmer,
musician, writer, legend
"A local group doing something amazing and slightly nautically strange... they mix twanging jangle with something that is a little more gritty and grimy and fantastic. I really love it."
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- Paul Gough, 2SER Radio