Jan 17, 2011

January 17th, 2011 • News

Newcastle’s Let’s Buy Happiness rose to prominence last summer after being selected to play the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury after impressing judges in the festival’s annual Emerging Talent competition.

It’s not only Michael and Emily Eavis who’ve been wowed by the quintet’s ethereal, shoegaze influenced sound – blogs across the UK have been slowly picking them up, and their last single Six Wolves, which came out in October, won them plaudits from The Guardian, Record Of The Day and Q Magazine.

Comparisons to The Sundays, The Shins, My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins give you an idea of the type of genre they straddle – this is classic songwriting with a long-haul career, rather than the proverbial 15-minutes, in mind.

We invited them down to London to play a night of ours at The Windmill in September (for what was to be their debut London show), where they headlined a bill which included Canada’s Yukon Blonde and London’s Pushing Hands. It was such a great set, we booked them to come back in January pretty much the next morning.

Location: Newcastle, UK
Lineup: Sarah Hall (vocals), James Hall (guitar), Graeme Martin (guitar), Mark Brown (bass), James King (drums).
Label: Ghost Arc (self release)
Previous LFC appearances: 1
Blog love: “their sweet indie kiss is about to seduce you in 2011.” (Breaking More Waves)
LFC 4th Birthday show details: The Macbeth, 27 Jan, on-stage 10.15pm RSVP TICKETS

Who are you?

We are Let’s Buy Happiness, a five piece from Newcastle.

What were your highlights of 2010?

Glastonbury has to be up there, also our BBC Maida Vale session for Tom Robinson and ‘Loose Ends’ for Radio 4. Going on tour was lots of fun and helped us grow and mature a lot. 2010 was a good year for Let’s Buy Happiness and we will to continue to write more and hopefully improve this year.

What are you most looking forward to in 2011?

Another tour, some new singles and possibly recording an album.

Do you have anything available to buy right now?

The Six Wolves single and No Hot Ashes EP are available to buy from letsbuyhappiness.com. Our new single Fast Fast is out on 28 February.

What’s been your best gig(s) to date?

Has to be the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury.

And finally, why should people attend your gig?

We will heal your demons.

Let’s Buy Happiness ‘Woodrings’ by letsbuyhappiness

Tags: Fast Fast, Ghost Arc, Hoxton, Laissez Faire Club 4th Birthday, Let’s Buy Happiness, Newcastle, Six Wolves, The Macbeth, Woodrings