happy apple

Listening as I write this to ‘back on top’, the latest set of tunes from happy apple.  I love these guys.  I spent a good bit of time awhile back telling everyone who would listen (and some who wouldn’t so much) about how great these guys are.  The new disc continues – wonderful, quirky, funky, beautiful tunes.  Someone along the line made a comment that they were jazz for the ears of folks who grew up with rock ‘n’ roll.  Maybe.  I’ve listened to a lot of jazz (and the arguments about who’s continuing/not continuing/destroying/supporting the genre) and I think these guys are just carrying it forward.  It makes me smile.  It makes me think.  It makes me tap my toes.

There are side projects and other bands that tie into this group (and they are pretty cool in their own right – gang font, bad plus, etc.) but for me this mix is at the front.

[A few of their latest tunes can be heard here]