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With the arrival of their debut EP Life and Life Only, The Heavy Heavy immediately filled a longtime void in the musical landscape, delivering a soulful breed of rock all with only a handful of songs to their name, including the AAA radio top five singles Miles and Miles and Go Down River. After spending the past two years on the road and in the studio, The Heavy Heavy now draw listeners even deeper into their dreamworld with their long-awaited debut album One Of A Kind.Written entirely by co-founders Georgie Fuller and William Turner and mostly recorded at Turners studio in Brighton, One Of A Kind maintains the self-contained approach of Life and Life Onlya seven-song project acclaimed by outlets like NME (who named them an essential emerging artist for 2023) and The Guardian (who noted that The Heavy Heavy write and play music with that lick of madness that makes early Fleetwood Mac and peak Stones so thrilling). To that end, Turner produced, engineered, and mixed every track and handled most of the LPs lavish instrumentation (including guitar, bass, piano, organ, Mellotron, and more), with The Heavy Heavys live band lending their explosive energy to the album. But in a departure from the EP, One Of A Kind leans away from Laurel Canyon-esque folk-rock and fully embraces their British roots, finding a particularly crucial inspiration in the gritty and groove-heavy hedonism of the Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup. A lot of our EP was very bright and pretty, so we wanted to smash the door down like we do in the live show, says Turner. Because we were creating an entire album, there was so much more space to explore and expand, Fuller adds. Its still undoubtedly that Heavy Heavy sound, but now we have all these other rooms to play around in.For One Of A Kinds lead single, The Heavy Heavy chose a sun-drenched and sing-along-ready number that serves as an auspicious bridge to the bands new era. The last song written for the album, Happiness bends toward the lush psych-pop of Life and Life Only while introducing a new level of visceral intensity. We felt we needed a song that had that summery, flowery feel of the EP, and somehow at the last minute we were able to pull magic out of thin air, Fuller recalls. A fast fan favorite at their live shows, Happiness channels a bold determination to break free from loneliness and stagnation, ultimately providing an automatic mood lift thanks to The Heavy Heavys resplendent melodies and signature multi-part harmonies.
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