My Happy Gun
By Chris Rockson
Track Listing
1. Johnny & Suzi
2. Make It Come
3. Cold Star
4.
Abattoir Hotel
5. King Of The Highway
My Happy Gun are :
Andrea Sicco (Vocals/Guitar)
Robert Goldsmith (Bass Guitar)
John Coakley (Drums)
My Happy Gun is a New York City band made up of members of other
NYC bands– Foxglove, SHLSHKD, Rockethouse and Oscura, to name only a
few. They sound like they’re from some other place, a place where Link
Wray, Nick Cave, and X all hang out and swap tales of adventure. This
makes sense in a city where so many people come from somewhere else.
Garage, surf, spaghetti-western, and all manner of rock ’n’ roll are
rolled into a tasteful mix.
My Happy Gun rocks with style. They remember the music that gave birth
to what would eventually become “alternative music” and use the best
parts to create a very modern, if often dark, cinematically musical
landscape.
The sound of this band takes you straight back to the gutters of 1970's Bowery...think Television, Iggy & The Stooges, MC5 and the darker side of the Velvet Underground, and you're halfway there! There's a heavy leaning to a 1960's garage band sound with the echo/tremelo guitars giving a very eerie feel.
The songs are all well written and individual in their delivery, with a great blend of quiet-loud-quiet moments, you can tell they know what they're doing when they write. I especially love the bass-driven 'Cold Star', which is the stand out track on the album.
If you're a fan of the darker side of life, then this band will blow you clean away!
Check them out at :
Don Hill's - Photo by L.A.S.E.