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2 | [[caption-width-right:350: From left to right: Luke Davis, Ross Monteith, Calvin Langman.]] |
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4 | ->''"I got that love, little love that you leave me'' |
5 | ->''While you fade away'' |
6 | ->''Inside my heart is a drum that’s beating'' |
7 | ->''For you every single day"'' |
8 | -->-- "While You Fade Away" |
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10 | The Happy Fits are an IndiePop band from New Jersey composed of three members: Calvin Langman (Cello and Lead Vocals), Ross Monteith (Lead Guitar), and Luke Davis (Drums). The band is unique in that, rather than having a bass player, they have a cellist. |
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12 | The Happy Fits have released three albums: ''Concentrate'', ''What Could Be Better'', and ''Under the Shade of Green''. They have also released an EP titled ''Awfully Apeelin'''. |
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14 | Their first single, “While You Fade Away”, reached #5 on Spotify’s Top 50 Viral USA Chart the first week of its release. |
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16 | The band's website can be found [[http://www.thehappyfits.com/ here]]. |
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18 | !!Discography: |
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20 | * ''Awfully Apeelin''' (EP, 2016) |
21 | * ''Concentrate'' (2018) |
22 | * ''What Could Be Better'' (2020) |
23 | * ''Under the Shade of Green'' (2022) |
24 | |
25 | !!This band provides examples of: |
26 | |
27 | * AddictionSong: "Drink" is about alcoholism. |
28 | * AlbumTitleDrop: |
29 | ** "What Could Be Better" is not only [[TitleTrack on the album of the same name]], but has the title in its lyrics. |
30 | ** ''Under the Shade of Green'' drops the phrase "hide under the shade of green" in "In The Lobby." |
31 | * AlliterativeTitle: ''Awfully Apeelin'''. |
32 | * AnimatedMusicVideo: The music video for "Moving" is completely stop-motion animated, with the band being played by grapefruits. |
33 | * BattleOfTheBands: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIV5A-Sj_Q The music video for “Hold Me Down”]] takes place at one of these, with the band playing all of the other competitors. |
34 | * BreakUpSong: "So Alright, Cool, Whatever." |
35 | * ConceptVideo: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIV5A-Sj_Q The music video for “Hold Me Down”]] is told through a BattleOfTheBands. |
36 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: The tropical vibe of the band's music and the cover art of ''Under the Shade of Green'' having a pineapple on it bring to mind the image of relaxing under a palm tree. When it gets an AlbumTitleDrop in "In The Lobby", it's used in the context of politicians and celebrities paying money to cover up their misdeeds from the public. |
37 | * HymnToMusic: "Heart of a Dancer" celebrates blues and pushes against the notions of it being the music of the devil. |
38 | * IWantSong: "So Alright, Cool, Whatever": |
39 | -->"''I wanna be with you'' |
40 | -->''I wanna be with you'' |
41 | -->''I wanna be barely hanging on''" |
42 | * IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: Each album and EP has a different fruit on the cover. |
43 | ** ''[[PunBasedTitle Awfully Apeelin']]'': Banana |
44 | ** ''Concentrate'': Orange |
45 | ** ''What Could Be Better'': Grapefruit |
46 | ** ''Under the Shade of Green'': Pineapple |
47 | * LeadBassist: While technically a cellist, Calvin both plays the cello and sings lead vocals on most songs. |
48 | * TheOner: Not only was [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75y_UNSGxk the music video for "Go Dumb"]] filmed in one take, but it was filmed ''backwards''. Calvin had to learn how to sing the song backwards before filming. |
49 | * PunBasedTitle: ''Awfully Apeelin''', which has a banana on its cover. |
50 | * RockTrio: The band is an alternative group with three members. |
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