Happy Chaps
Hurts - Happiness [MAJREC 031 UK 2010 24-Bit FLAC] Theo Hutchcraft met Adam Anderson on a rowdy Manchester night out in late 2005, where both realised they wanted to be pop stars. They formed Manc indie-synth band Bureau and quickly had a minor local hit After Midnight on their hands. Fast forward to 2009, and Bureau had dwindled from a five piece to the duo of just Hurts. The pair taunted the music industry with a short run of self-promoted commercial pop tracks only available as independent downloads - a deal with RCA Records quickly followed and some of those original tracks were polished up for re-release as singles. Happiness was the resultant long player and it was well-received internationally, giving the pair the stardom they had strived hard for. This is an album of highly catchy and glossily produced commercial synthpop, but still tinged in enough attitude to hold my interest - you may encounter a certain well know Australian pop star adding her ...