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Kraken 12" EP

by unhappybirthday

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Vinyl re-issue of the Kraken EP (originally released on cassette via Night-People)

Unhappybirthday is a Hamburg based trio formed in 2011 by Daniel (vocals, synth), Tobi (guitar) and André (bass). Annoyed by high-end-super-digital-re- cordings, they got back to the very basics and brought the spirit of simple garage punk songs together with all the great pop music they were inspired by. They started to record stuff on tape, without digital equipment, all by themselves in their living room.

Unhappybirthday offer something very nice in their approach to minimalist synth pop/melodic post punk. They tap into a nice cross section of new wave and post punk touchstones for a sizable mix of danceable rhythms. Simple in structure but resonant in scope, the few songs on this record capture the perfect balance of sad and lonely catchiness that makes spending hours in a bedroom listening on repeat seem not only reasonable but necessary.

Written & performed by unhappybirthday
Recorded on a 4-track in fall 2012
Remasted in 2017 by M. Niemann
Artwork by Liv Pavlovic

It’s a sunny day feel for the couch potato. Let’s spend this summer inside. Listening to Kraken on repeat.
- Tiny Mix Tapes

Kraken established the group as one of the world’s most formidable & important electro-pop acts of understated & expansive influence & taste.
- Impose Magazine

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released July 25, 2017

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