Happy to You (2012) The Swedish/American headphone-music maestros' second effort keeps the band's winning division of labor: Singer Andrew Wyatt supplies his bracing dry-ice chants while Christian Karlsson and… Miike Snow Indie Rock Downtown
Music Review

Happy to You (2012)

Miike Snow
Reviewed by Adam Markovitz | Mar 20, 2012
'HAPPY' MUSIC Part indie rock, part Top 40 mix, Miike Snow's Happy to You turns out sharp and spirited tracks
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'HAPPY' MUSIC Part indie rock, part Top 40 mix, Miike Snow's Happy to You turns out sharp and spirited tracks
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Mar 26, 2012; Lead Performance: Miike Snow; Genre: Indie Rock; Production: Downtown

The Swedish/American headphone-music maestros' second effort keeps the band's winning division of labor: Singer Andrew Wyatt supplies his bracing dry-ice chants while Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (a.k.a. writer-producers Bloodshy & Avant, who helmed Britney Spears' ''Toxic,'' among other pop smashes) provide meticulous sonic-palette landscapes. The spirit of Happy to You is indie rock, but the sound is as addictively sharp as anything in the Top 40. A-

Best Tracks:
Roiling March The Wave
Wry Devil's Work
Originally posted Mar 14, 2012 Published in issue #1199 Mar 23, 2012 Order article reprints