The Happy Fits – Black Hole
Indie/rock darlings The Happy Fits released today their riotous new single “Black Hole” along with an immersive official video.
The track is the latest to release off their upcoming album Lovesick, due out September 19th.
Over a bed of anthemic guitars, theatrical strings, and an earworm chorus, “Black Hole” explores what happens when we surrender our sense of self to meet the needs of another, watching helplessly as a relationship that once brought such light and joy slowly descends into a source of frustration and regret.
“I learned through this experience that no matter how badly you may want to help someone, if they’re unwilling to accept it, you have to let go,” explained frontman Calvin Langman. “Otherwise, you’ll just keep giving more and more of yourself until you get whittled down to nothing.”
“Black Hole” follows the release of the album’s brooding, orchestral opening track “Do You See Me?,” It was preceded by the intoxicating “Wild In Love,” The lead single “Everything You Do” is also out now as well as the gritty, chip-on-the-shoulder rocker “Cruel Power”
Lovesick was written and recorded after ten tumultuous months that saw one founding member depart the band severing a creative partnership that had formed the group’s bedrock since the start, another leave tour to get sober following an emotional intervention, and a third entering an era of self-renaissance after the dissolution of a serious relationship and a series of relocations. Rather than let the hardship break their stride, though, the acclaimed quartet leaned into the turmoil, transforming all the heartbreak and uncertainty they experienced into their most exhilarating, adventurous, and cathartic record yet. Lovesick is, as its title would suggest, a complicated reckoning with all the joy and pain that comes with opening your heart to the world. The songs are bold and fearless, reveling in the intensity of it all with radical vulnerability, and the performances are similarly, pairing blistering rock and roll energy and addictive pop hooks with sweeping orchestral arrangements and raw, revelatory lyrics.
Lovesick also marks The Happy Fits’ first release with guitarists/vocalists Nico Rose and Raina Mullen, whose fresh perspective, innovative style, and undeniable chemistry with Langman and drummer Luke Davis manage to infuse the band’s sound with the unbridled energy of a debut record. The result is a poignant reflection on loss, grief, and renewal that touches on everything from Fleetwood Mac and ABBA to Arcade Fire and The Cars, an alternately triumphant and devastating meditation on change and growth that consistently reaches for beauty and transcendence, no matter how distant they may seem.
“It feels like a whole new beginning,” says Langman. “We had to go through a lot of struggle to get here, but the band is stronger and healthier than ever before now, and I couldn’t be more excited about the chapter we’re about to embark on.”
Passion, in the end, is what Lovesick is all about. Not just romantic passion, but passion for life in all its messy, confusing glory: passion for growth, for healing, for heartbreak, for discovery, for destruction, for creation, for mistakes, for second chances. The Happy Fits have experienced it all these last ten months; now they’re ready to share it onstage every night.
Tour Dates:
09/24 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala El Sótano
09/25 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Vol
09/27 – Paris, France @ La Boule Noire
09/28 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka
09/30 – Cologne, Germany @ Luxor
10/01 – Munich, Germany @ Kranhalle
10/03 – Milan, Italy @ Arci Bellezza
10/04 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
10/05 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Cafe V lese
10/07 – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz
10/08 – Hamburg, Germany @ headCRASH
10/09 – Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013
10/10 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Simplon
10/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
10/12 – Arnhem, Netherlands @ Luxor Live
10/14 – Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux
10/15 – Leeds, UK @ Wardrobe
10/16 – Glasgow, UK @ Garage
10/17 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
10/18 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
11/01 – Richmond, VA @ The National
11/02 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
11/04 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
11/05 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/07 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/08 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
11/10 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/11 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo
11/12 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
11/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
11/18 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
11/19 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
11/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at Complex
11/22 – Denver, CO @ Gothic
11/25 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
11/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
11/29 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic
11/30 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
12/03 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12/05 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian
12/06 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
12/07 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
12/09 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
12/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
12/13 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
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