Line #10 Music/TheHappyFits


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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)
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25	!!This band provides examples of:
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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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