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Pretend You're Happy
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Pretend You’re Happy use indie rock to encourage reverence and catharsis in everyday life. Based out of Brattleboro and Burlington, VT, the band plays in a variety of live forms. One night they might be a stripped down acoustic 4-piece, the next an 8-piece electric entourage including two drummers, a doublebass player, and a clarinet-noise player. Their music takes influence from divergent genres such as folk, classical, and hardcore. Songs present poppy lullaby-esque vocal melodies surrounded by shifting textures, from 3-part violin harmonies to screeching static and detuned guitars.
Acoustic guitar compositions by Jeremiah Morelock Brown were the initial points of inspiration that formed these now richly orchestrated pieces. Formerly known as “Mantits”, Jeremiah gained some recognition throughout the DIY Acoustic Punk movement for his sarcastic solo releases including a split release with Vermont band Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains. In 2005 Jeremiah retired the “Mantits” title to start Pretend You’re Happy with Jeremy Bernozzi (drums) and Mikey Cham (doublebass). Eventually the list of collaborators on the project grew to include Lauren Bernozzi, Nicholas Gangel, Forrest Mulerath, Jonas Fricke, Ruth Garbus, Seqouyah Leaf, Timothy Findlen, Ron Schneiderman, Caitlin Senni, Ike Wittman, and Flash-C. During the summer of 2007 a decidedly hi-fi recording full of introspective lyrics, quirky yet lush orchestration, 9 parts pop and 1 part dissonance was completed. “Pretend You’re Happy” is a rare album that brings to mind some of the finer moments of recordings by Neutral Milk Hotel, Sufjan Stevens, Polyphonic Spree and The Decemberists all while maintaining a strong and original voice of its own.
Acoustic guitar compositions by Jeremiah Morelock Brown were the initial points of inspiration that formed these now richly orchestrated pieces. Formerly known as “Mantits”, Jeremiah gained some recognition throughout the DIY Acoustic Punk movement for his sarcastic solo releases including a split release with Vermont band Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains. In 2005 Jeremiah retired the “Mantits” title to start Pretend You’re Happy with Jeremy Bernozzi (drums) and Mikey Cham (doublebass). Eventually the list of collaborators on the project grew to include Lauren Bernozzi, Nicholas Gangel, Forrest Mulerath, Jonas Fricke, Ruth Garbus, Seqouyah Leaf, Timothy Findlen, Ron Schneiderman, Caitlin Senni, Ike Wittman, and Flash-C. During the summer of 2007 a decidedly hi-fi recording full of introspective lyrics, quirky yet lush orchestration, 9 parts pop and 1 part dissonance was completed. “Pretend You’re Happy” is a rare album that brings to mind some of the finer moments of recordings by Neutral Milk Hotel, Sufjan Stevens, Polyphonic Spree and The Decemberists all while maintaining a strong and original voice of its own.
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Goodbye to the Womb
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The Town Where the Visions Fall Down
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If There's No Light in This World
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Pretend You're Happy Is Dead
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Where Utopia Lives
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where do the circles all lead
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Free MP3 Pretend You're Happy Must Die | 1:58 |
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Free MP3 Tear Down the Walls | 3:40 |
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Free MP3 The Other Side of the Earth | 3:25 |
News
new mp3s, september tour
7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/scarsandbullets
PYH will be touring as an acoustic duo this September, heading down to Asheville, NC and back up north again. We recorded a short demo in said set-up so people can know what we will sound like. …
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your new favorite radio station (updated)
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I love ya tomorrow
3 Nov 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/scarsandbullets
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gostush and myrnamandarina added Pretend You're Happy to their libraries. December 2009
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Doc_Awesome tagged Pretend You're Happy with ‘uplifting’. October 2009
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PioKlu tagged Pretend You're Happy with experimental and indie. September 2009
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JayGuruDeva, chinneths and boobtoob added Pretend You're Happy to their libraries. August 2009
- Pretend You're Happy posted a news item ‘new mp3s, september tour’. July 2009
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G0Devil, scidae and Monsunchen added Pretend You're Happy to their libraries. July 2009
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ceschi connected Pretend You're Happy to the group Fake Four Inc.. June 2009
- Pretend You're Happy posted a news item ‘CD on Fake Four Inc and DIY Bandits’. March 2009
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alphabetroutes, frieda1979 and 2 other people added Pretend You're Happy to their libraries. February 2009
