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Tracklist

  1. 01. Back Together
  2. 02. Just Let It Be
  3. 03. Bored
  4. 04. Du Da, Ich Da
  5. 05. Ignore Me
  6. 06. Escape
  7. 07. Gugu Matena
  8. 08. Hold Your Horses
  9. 09. Can't You Decide
  10. 10. Bye-Bye
  11. 11. Ruth
  12. 12. Other Reasons
  13. 13. It's Over
  14. 14. Not Alone

Back Together

Heidi Happy

DRD04 · April 2009 · Digital Only ·

Although she was honoured as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's 'Swiss Top' winner in 2007 for her debut album 'Back Together', the bright-eyed Lucerne Rock City pop singer only officially began her recording career in 2005.

In concert, she's as creative as her music. Seeing her play crowds in her home country, you might encounter an eight-piece band filled with Switzerland's best. Elsewhere, she solos using looping pedals. It's that mix of acoustic instrumentation and the awareness of available technology that put this young singer ahead of most on tour.

Choosing to write and produce with the authority of a well-travelled singer-songwriter, Heidi Happy's tunes are filled with a nascent dark romanticism. There is an old-timey modernism here, one that takes artful to a new level. It's as if Joanna Newsom was giving pointers and Joni Mitchell took on the story. Everything is full and acutely personal.