Biography
Happy Avenue (幸福大街) is a Chinese band with strong death-folk and post-punk influences based in Beijing, founded in September 1999. The music could be described as melancholic and minimalistic, whose aggressiveness is shown mostly in the lyrics written by Wu Hong Fei.
Her lyrics range from absurdist vignettes to darker and more melancholy meditations on subjects such as death, alienation, and longing. "Daughter" deals with the issues surrounding unwanted motherhood. Some other songs feature literary subject matter; "The Fish Who Loved Xiaolong" tells the story of a mermaid who gives up her tail in order that she might be able to leave the sea and marry a human.
The group's music is eclectic, and generally unclassifiable by genre, though occasionally somewhat reminiscent of avant-garde. Songs range from quirky, upbeat, and sardonic ("Daughter") to somber and brooding ("May"), the latter style leading some reviewers to describe the group's music as witty. About the group, Wu says, "We never, ever let 'common taste' influence our music. We do what we like."
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