{"id":11446,"date":"2016-10-24T17:05:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11446"},"modified":"2016-10-24T17:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:07:03","slug":"happy-places-debut-album-northfield-out-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11446","title":{"rendered":"Happy Place’s debut album Northfield<\/em> out this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Happy<\/a>New York based Happy Place<\/a> are an unusual quartet of two drums and two guitars, fronted by renowned percussionist and composer Will Mason, with Austin Vaughn also on drums and Andrew Smiley and Will Chapin on guitars. This Friday will see the release of their debut album, Northfield<\/em>, written by Mason while experiencing sleep deprivation due to anxiety. The music on the album “is an exploration and celebration of the altered states of consciousness that asceticism elicits”, describes the press release. “It is about experiencing exultation through absence. It is about ecstasy through privation.”<\/p>\n

Northfield<\/em> is one of the most exciting albums we\u2019ve heard in a long time. To get a taste of their instrumental virtuosity, listen to the two monumental album cuts Happy Place have previously shared, ‘Spoon!’ and ‘Rapture!’. The latter comes with a video directed by Chelsea Burcz.<\/p>\n