Poor Rich Ones: Happy Happy Happy

01. Twins
02. Happy Happy Happy
03. Drown
04. For Eliza
05. May Queen
06. New Lullaby
07. Things To Say When You're Not Here
08. High Flyer
09. Special Angle
10. Clumsy
11. Circular World

Album info:

Norway’s Poor Rich Ones have received both critical and
public acclaim with their ethereal vocals and extraordinary
melancholic pop. In 1998 the band won the
Spellemannsprisen, which is the Norwegian equivalent of
the Grammy Awards for their second album From the
Makers of Ozium.  Poor Rich Ones have been acclaimed
as one of the most exciting new acts to come out of Norway. CMJ writes, “William’s cool falsetto makes sure you remember each song’s melody, and underneath, there’s plenty more to grab you…sharp electric guitar parts… and keyboard gurgling give these songs an open-ended feel.”

Happy Happy Happy , produced by Mark Trombino
(Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World),   is their third and most
accessible album.  The album features the evocative and
powerful vocals of lead singer William and takes the listener through 11 tracks of perfectly crafted music.  Already successful in their home country where in the past they have been compared to Radiohead, REM and Manic Street Preachers, Happy Happy Happy will bring Poor Rich Ones to the wider international audience that they undoubtedly deserve.

Press:

“There must be something in the far northern air that makes singer reach for the stratosphere.  Think of Bjork’s suluations, or A-ha’s Morten Harket cooling in the voice of a Milanese castrato.  Add to the list Poor Rich Ones front man William Hut, a man with name of anouthouse but voice of an angel…” -Q MAGAZINE

“Of the new breed of post-My Bloody Valentine Brit-pop bands (including Radiohead and their countless progeny) most are too packaged in a ready-fo-radio,easily digestible capsule. But considering the slick-as-snot genre Poor Rich Ones just may be one of the best out there.  Good songs, great melodies, with very lush instrumentation….” -THE VILLAGE VOICE

“Poor Rich Ones’ bricklaying of effects, atmospheres, and spiraling/intertwining melodic themes provides a healthy diet of substance cuz it actually results in a deliciously new exploration of the pop genre. Listening to this with headphones will make you dizzy, while blasting it will induce euphoric states of dreaminess. Silky songs, unbelievable production, and charisma that could melt the polar ice caps.”  -LOLLIPOP MAGAZINE