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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Happy Hollows Featured on Viral Spoof of “GIRLS”<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Announce Additional Tour Dates
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Amethyst</span></u></i><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> out July 30<sup>th</sup> (Pesky Fruit Music)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="624" height="468" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE70DA.FDCA0620"></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Credit: Josh Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“[Galaxies] instantly catchy shimmering pop hooks are just what you need to get the weekend rolling.”
<b><i>– NYLON Magazine.com<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“[Endless] has an atmospheric sound, a heavy beat and enough “Oooooh ooooohs” to be perfect for a windows-down summer drive.”
<b><i>– Omaha.com <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“Happy Hollow’s latest album, “Amethyst” glimmers like a crystal, with more keyboard, more distortion, and more colors added to their already
colorful canvas.”<br>
<b><i>-The East Sider LA.com </i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Los Angeles-natives
<b>Happy Hollows</b>, who will release their sophomore album <b><i>Amethyst</i></b> on
<b>July</b> <b>30<sup>th</sup>,</b> have been featured on the soundtrack of the YouTube sensation
<b>“GIRLS: Season 38,”</b> a parody of/valentine to Lena Dunham’s HBO comedy, GIRLS.
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Written by Gail Lerner (Happy Endings, Will & Grace) and starring Laraine Newman (SNL original cast member), Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me), Mindy Sterling (Groundlings, Austin Powers), Martin
Starr (Party Down, Freaks and Geeks) and Sally Kemp (a Broadway veteran for 50 years),
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">the video features <b>“Beside Me”</b> off
<i>Amethyst</i> – </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&gl=US&hl=en&v=iNCnu66tybY&nomobile=1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> to watch
<b>“GIRLS: Season 38”</b> and </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/happy-hollows-amethyst-lp/beside-me/s-sPYOf"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> to stream
<b>“Beside Me.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Happy Hollows started out their career as a garage-rock three piece, focusing on their live performances and playing anywhere they could, opening for the likes of Deerhoof, Besnard Lakes, and
Japandroids. The band then released their debut full length</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Spells</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
(2010)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">which</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Consequence
of Sound</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">called, “remarkably entertaining,” while</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Pitchfork</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">raved
that the album was a “ripper” and that Negahdari was “an obvious talent…whose guitar playing juts in and out of tracks like a jagged saw.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">After touring in support of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Spells</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">,
the group experienced a shakeup when original drummer Chris Hernandez left the band in 2011. The creative approach for Happy Hollows changed drastically from that point onward, looking towards synthesizers and drum machines to fill the rhythmic space. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Amethyst</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">is
a product of that newfound sense of sonic experimentation, incorporating synths and electronics but also staying true to their indie rock origins.<b><i> Amethyst</i></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">was
recorded with producer Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast, Fools Gold) at Black Iris studios in Echo Park and Infrasonic Sound in Los Angeles. Happy Hollows is Sarah Negahdari (vocals, guitar), Charlie Mahoney (bass, synths) and Matthew Fry (guitar). Sarah Negahdari,
the front-woman of the band, is fresh off the road as the touring bassist for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#454545"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Silversun Pickups</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Happy Hollows will be performing select dates with Midnight Air – see below for routing! The band will also be performing on July 29<sup>th</sup> at Fingerprint Records in Long Beach, CA.
</span><a href="http://www.fingerprintsmusic.com/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">http://www.fingerprintsmusic.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5ZYMe2bIY"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> to watch a trailer for
<i>Amethyst <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://nylonmag.com/nylonblogs/blog/2013/05/31/song-premiere-happy-hollows/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> to listen to “Galaxies” which premiered
on <i>Nylon Magazine.com! <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Happy Hollows Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">July 8 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">July 10 San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">July 12 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">July 13 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
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July 17 San Diego, CA @ The Griffin <br>
July 24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on Happy Hollows, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212. 246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Samara Shwidock //
</span><a href="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">samara@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
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