album. These screeching introductions, along with wonderfully complimenting drum beats and Matthew Berry’s effectively monotonic vocals, give the whole album a weighted feel, but it’s a weight that you don’t mind carrying.  The songs aren’t long so the burden feels broken up, even light at times, which means the listener is able to push on through.

 

“Sad Planet” is one of the songs that really stuck out to me. It delves into the blistering pain of heartbreak and how a happy relationship can turn ever so quickly into a sinking one. Going from “Take me out on the weekend/Tell me that I’m your best friend” to “When I’m with you I want to die” is sadly a feeling that most people know well and Happy Diving captures it perfectly. The steady melancholy beats mixed with the muddy layering of the guitars brings the listener right to the place they need to be.

 

Happy Diving definitely isn’t afraid to let things get a little messy. Their immature, yet mastered style is something to behold and I can’t wait to see what they give us in the future. Berry sings in “10,” “I don’t know where I’m going but I can feel it/I feel it,” Well, we all can feel it too.  

 

Big World is Happy Diving’s first full length album available t Father/Daughter Records and you can order it now on their website.