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Never Trust a Happy Song

The debut, produced by their drummer, with "Colours", "Tongue Tied" and "Lovely Cup" as singles.
Grouplove, 2011

It was recorded at Captain Cuts in Los Angeles, mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York and mastered at Sterling Sound. Release is given as September 5 and September 13, 2011. Rabin told Spin they wrote it at the same time as recording it, a crazy but fun process. Singles were "Colours" (July 7, 2011), "Tongue Tied" (September 2), "Lovely Cup" (November 21) and "Itchin' on a Photograph" (August 13, 2012). Metacritic gave 66 from 14 reviews; AllMusic's Matt Collar called it a cohesive if ramshackle crowd-pleaser, and Spin's David Menconi said the production evokes pop colors bright enough to glow. Gadd sings lead on "Chloe" and Wessen on "Spun".

Track listing

  1. Itchin' on a Photograph4:16
  2. Tongue Tied3:38
  3. Lovely Cup4:18
  4. Colours4:14
  5. Slow3:38
  6. Naked Kids3:28
  7. Spun3:25
  8. Betty's a Bomb Shell3:34
  9. Chloe3:18
  10. Love Will Save Your Soul3:47

More from Grouplove

Spreading Rumours (2013), Big Mess (2016), Healer (2020), This Is This (2021), I Want It All Right Now (2023)

Sources

  1. Never Trust a Happy Song, Wikipedia
  2. Album premiere: L.A. and-comers Grouplove, Spin (2011-09)