Hollie Cook's Happy Hour record, released last year, is getting a makeover. Merge Records will release a fully dub version, fittingly called Happy Hour in Dub, on August 11. The new version marks Cook's first full dub record since 2012.
Read all about Cook's "lover's rock" style and Happy Hour in an SPB interview from last year.
“The reason and inspiration for wanting to make the dub record is because Happy Hour, in its original form, has so many intricate musical details running throughout the songs—from the backing vocal and string arrangements to some far more subtle details. And during the mixing process, hearing some of these parts on their own over the drum and bass foundation, we felt there was so much left to explore and expose in the songs and take them to outer space,” Cook adds.
Hollie Cook on tour:
Jun 29 Belfort, FR – Eurokeennes Festival 2023
Jul 22 Peterborouugh, UK – Secret Garden Party 2023
Jul 28 Wadebridge, UK – Rock Oyster Festival 2023
Jul 29 Hastings, UK – Hastings Reggae Festival
Sep 08 Swansea, UK – Love Trails Festival
Sep 12 Brooklyn, NY – Zone One, Elsewhere
Sep 14 Lancaster, PA – The Temple, Tellus360
Sep 15 Fort Monroe, VA – Supernova Ska Festival 2023
