#Happy Lives

VIDEO OF THE WEEKHappy Lives, "Marry Me"

Art Rock duo, Happy Lives (Julian Beel and Mike Lande), make self-described stripped down "neo pop". Though much of what they do is conceptually bare bones, the result is invariable addictive--an amalgam of lo-fi grit and musical complexity. Their newest single and accompanying video, "Marry Me",...

Marianne White

TRACK REVIEWHappy Lives "This Song Is Called I'm Dead"

Within recent years, Brooklyn has been known to spawn some pretty over the top and deranged experimental acts, which invariably transcend the most esoteric of the borough's neighborhoods and their myriad galleries and dive bars. Happy Lives is no exception. To file them under “experimental”...

Nayeli Portillo