Happy Hollows

Amethyst Vinyl Now $15 Through End of the Year!

2015-11-29T10:02:00.002-08:00

Now through the end of 2015 we'll be selling our limited edition purple Amethyst vinyl LP for $15 on Bandcamp. Here is the link:

https://thehappyhollows.bandcamp.com/merch

Happy Hollows Fall Shows

2015-08-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

We're excited to announce a few upcoming shows this fall:

August 31 - The Echo w/ Fakers - Echo Park, CA
September 10 - The Observatory w/ Silversun Pickups - Santa Ana, CA
September 28 - Satellite w/ Riothorse Royale - Silver Lake, CA
October 2 - Long Beach Aquarium - Long Beach, CA

Upcoming Shows in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom

2015-04-08T23:59:00.002-07:00

Happy Hollows have some upcoming tour dates in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom! Here is a list of the shows:

May 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
May 29 - Sheffield UK - South Sea
May 30 - Milton Keynes - Craufurd Arms
June 4 - Nottingham - The Loft House
June 5 - Newcastle - Dog and Parrot
June 6 - Manchester - The Castle Hotel
June 7 - Glasgow - 13th Note
June 9 - London - The Finsbury

Check Out Sarah Negahdari's Pisces Album

2014-10-29T22:48:00.002-07:00

Sarah released an album of solo work today under the name Pisces. You can listen to/purchase the album here:

Pisces by Pisces

The album is also available on iTunes.

"Amethyst" with B-Sides Now Available on Bandcamp

2014-09-29T14:28:00.001-07:00

All songs, including b-sides, of our 2013 album Amethyst are now available for download in high quality format via Bandcamp!

Amethyst by Happy Hollows

Working on New Songs

2014-08-05T19:19:00.000-07:00

Hello World,

We're working on some new material. Below you can see time-lapse footage of a day we spent in the studio last week. Updates to follow sporadically. Over and out for now.

Amethyst LP Now Available on Vinyl!

2014-02-17T21:51:00.003-08:00

We're excited to let you know that Happy Hollows' 2013 album Amethyst is now available on amethyst colored vinyl! We don't have too many copies, so get one while you can via the Paypal button below.

November Los Angeles and San Francisco Shows

2013-11-18T19:04:00.002-08:00

We have two shows coming up in Los Angeles and San Francisco. We play the Bootleg Bar on Wednesday, November 20. Here is the ticket info:

http://www.ticketfly.com/event/392707-happy-hollows-los-angeles/

On Wednesday, November 27 we play Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco! Here is a link to tickets:

http://www.stubmatic.com/bottomofthehill/event/8029

Happy Hollows Fall Tour Dates w/ Son of Stan

2013-09-15T21:12:00.002-07:00

We're very excited to announce October tour dates around the USA! Most dates are with our friends Son of Stan! Here are the show dates and info:

September 21 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee w/ Atlas Genius (info) #
October 4 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Garage (info) *
October 5 - Provo, UT - Muse Music Cafe (info) *
October 6 - Denver, CO - Lion's Lair (info) *
October 8 - Minneapolis, MN - Lee's Liquor Lounge (info) *
October 9 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (info) *
October 10 - Muncie, IN - Be Here Now (info) *
October 12 - Toronto, ON (Canada) - Silver Dollar Room (info) *
October 13 - Boston, MA - Lilypad (info) *
October 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Grand Victory (CMJ) - (info)
October 18/19 - Dallas, TX - Index Festival (info)
October 20 - Denver , CO - Summit Hall w/ Atlas Genius (info) #
October 23 - New Orleans, LA - The Circle Bar (info) *
October 24 - Houston, TX - Walter's (info) ^*

# with Atlas Genius
* with Son of Stan
^ with The Boxing Lesson

Happy Hollows @ Club Nokia

2013-09-02T17:07:00.001-07:00

Tuesday, September 10 we're playing a show at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles! We'll be supporting The Mission UK. Here is a link to tickets for the event:

http://www.clubnokia.com/events/detail/2604

Purchasing Physical Copies of Amethyst

2013-08-07T16:13:00.001-07:00

We've received many requests to purchase physical copies of our album Amethyst. We're happy to say that you can now do so via PayPal. Just click on the link below to buy a CD and we'll send it to you, anywhere in the world!

We apologize in advance for the high cost of shipping.

Happy Hollows' New Album, Amethyst, Out Today!

2013-07-30T10:22:00.003-07:00

Our new album, Amethyst, is being released today in North America via Pesky Fruit Music! The album was produced by Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast, Fools Gold), mixed by Eric Palmquist at Palmquist Studios at Infrasonic Sound, and mastered by Joe Laporta at Sterling Sound NYC.

You can download the new album at most online retailers and find the physical version of the CD at independent record stores around the U.S.!

Below are links to download Amethyst at iTunes and Amazon.com:

Download Amethyst from iTunes

Download Amethyst from Amazon

July Tour Dates w/ Nightmare Air

2013-06-11T12:12:00.002-07:00

Happy Hollows is excited to announce some west coast July Tour dates w/ Nightmare Air!

Below is a list of show dates. Click on the dates for links to tickets:

July 8 - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, CA

July 10 - Cafe Du Nord - San Francisco, CA

July 12 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA

July 13 - Dante's - Portland, OR

July 17 - The Griffin - San Diego, CA
July 24 - Satellite - Los Angeles, CA
July 29 - Fingerprints - Long Beach, CA (solo)
August 17 - Echo Park Rising - Echo Park, CA (festival)

Happy Hollows New Record "Amethyst" will be released on July 30th!

2013-05-22T23:03:00.001-07:00

Happy Hollows' second album, Amethyst, will be released on July 30th!

Below is the album version of "Endless", the first song on the record:

Here is the album cover:

New Album, New Pics

2013-04-30T01:05:00.003-07:00

Hello World,

We've finally finished up mixing and mastering our second record. The album is titled Amethyst. We'll announce more details about the record release soon. For now, here are some new pics of the band by Josh Anderson:

Upcoming Shows!

2013-01-14T22:40:00.002-08:00

Sarah has just returned home from touring with Silversun Pickups and Happy Hollows are excited to announce a few upcoming show dates!

January 24 - University of the Pacific - Stockton, CA
January 25 - Hotel Utah - San Francisco, CA w/ Io Echo
January 26 - Town Lounge - Sacramento, CA
February 1st - Satellite - Los Angeles, CA w/ So Many Wizards, Nightmare Air, American Males

You can buy tickets to the show in San Francisco here:

http://www.hotelutah.com/event/192895-io-echo-happy-hollows-san-francisco/

You can buy tickets to the show in L.A. here:

http://www.thesatellitela.com/event/184735-happy-hollows-so-many-los-angeles/

New Happy Hollows Song!

2012-09-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

Check out "Endless", a song from our new album! Produced and mixed by Lewis Pesacov. Album will be coming sometime in 2013!

Happy Hollows @ Satellite - Saturday, August 11

2012-08-06T20:03:00.001-07:00

Happy Hollows are playing at the Satellite on Saturday, August 11 w/ Gliss, New Mexico, and Lo-Fi Sugar!

For a link to tickets click here:

Tickets for Happy Hollows @ Satellite

Happy Hollows @ Bootleg Theater and Casbah

2012-07-18T12:19:00.000-07:00

We're playing shows in L.A. and San Diego over the next week. On Saturday, July 21 we're playing in L.A. at the Bootleg Theater with The Union Line! Pinpoint Music Presents!

On Thursday, July 26 we'll be playing at the Casbah in San Diego w/ New Mexico.

Mixing Complete! Welcome Matt Fry to the Band!

2012-05-14T20:59:00.000-07:00

We are finally finished mixes for our new album! Below is a pic of Lewis mixing the album at the Black Iris Studios in Echo Park. Lewis likes to pretend he is in an igloo when he mixes records. Mastering is happening on May 31st!

In other news, we are happy to announce that Long Beach guitar genie Matt Fry of The Soft Hands is now an official member of Happy Hollows! Matt has been jamming with us occasionally since waaaaay back in the day. We invited him to come into practice with us on a more regular basis when we started writing this record last year and since then he has really inspired us with his great guitar work and kept us laughing with his funny stories about the many dates he goes on. So please welcome Matt to the band! Here is a picture of him from a show he played with us last year:

Happy Hollows @ Make Music Pasadena

2012-05-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

We are going to be coming out of our studio hibernation to play at Make Music Pasadena on Saturday, June 16! Hope you can come out!

Tracking Finished! On to Mixing!

2012-03-19T11:28:00.005-07:00

Sarah finished up recording vocals last week so we are done with tracking for the new album!

Now we move on to mixing (aka The Twilight Zone). We'll probably be tweaking the songs for a couple of weeks.

Below, check out a 1950s oscillator that we used as a synth for one song.

Here is a picture of waaaay too many pedals:

Here is another little preview video!

Album II Update III - Working on Vocals

2012-03-05T22:54:00.005-08:00

Sarah is deep into tracking vocals and, as of today, singing for 10-12 songs is complete. She is able to get through about two songs a day and we take a break every couple of days to let her voice rest. When she's in the vocal booth Sarah has a big box of supplies including raw honey, licorice tea, bark syrup, a magical rose quartz crystal, water, and a little whiskey. Check it out:

We are hoping to finish vocals and overdubs this week and finish up mixes by the end of the month!

Here are two more little preview videos.

Album II Recording Update - Overdubs Done (mostly)

2012-02-19T22:09:00.000-08:00

Last week we finished up guitar and synth overdubs for album II at Black Iris Studios in the Bedrock Music Building in Echo Park, CA.

First up was Sarah on guitar.

Then it was Matt Fry on guitar.

And Last it was Charlie on synth(s)!

We probably recorded too much, which is a danger when you have infinite tracks. So when we're mixing we'll have to go back and apply scissors to parts that aren't totally fundamental to the songs.

Next up is vocals, which will probably take a couple weeks! We went to the store and bought lots of honey and licorice tea for Sarah...

Album II Recording Update

2012-02-11T22:23:00.000-08:00

We're very happy to say that phase one of album two is complete. Last week we spent five days at Infrasonic Studios in Alhambra, CA recording drums, bass, and synths for the record. We even got main guitars down for a bunch of the tracks, which was a bonus. Here are some pics:

Beginning a record is always a daunting experience. You are never really sure what is going to happen. There is always the remote possibility that you'll hit the first chord of the first song and everyone involved in the process will simultaneously wish they were somewhere else. Fortunately, that didn't happen in this case. The tracking process was mostly painless and we finished up everything we were aiming to do.

Up next are guitar and synth overdubs, which should take a week or two. Then we move on to vocals. Stay tuned.

Below, check out another clip of a new song we played live at a show in November 2011.