Practise Being Happy, by Closer (2.0)

Practise Being Happy

by Closer (2.0)

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

1.	Ginko Bubble 03:46		buy track
2.	Songinsox 03:00		buy track
3.	Another Canvas Day 04:21		buy track
4.	Child.* 05:30		buy track
5.	Touching Skin 05:01		buy track
6.	Hurricane I 05:06		buy track
7.	Practise Being Happy 05:20		buy track
8.	Blue Piece 05:16		buy track
9.	Eleven 03:13		buy track
10.	Olympus Mons 02:43		buy track
11.	Scars & Stripes (live) 02:27	info	buy track
12.	Anderson 05:07		buy track
13.	Going 02:17		buy track
14.	Disco-necked 02:54		buy track
15.	Temperature (Live at Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow) 04:24		buy track
16.	Post Anxiety Call 06:38		buy track
17.	She Guides My Sleeping Hand 05:01	info	buy track
18.	Shy 03:10		buy track
19.	Exinterior 04:32		buy track
20.	Sit Astride The Blame 03:55		buy track
21.	Twenty Two a.m. 04:31		buy track
22.	The Greatest Enemy (live) 06:36	info	buy track
23.	Jonswan (live) 05:41	info	buy track
24.	Pieces of me (live) 04:44	info	buy track
25.	Private Circle (live) 04:08	info	buy track
26.	Non-vocal ettiquette (live) 04:21	info	buy track
27.	Last Night's Mistake 03:03	info	buy track
28.	In Case of the Geek 02:55	info	buy track
29.	The Clown 02:50	info	buy track

about

Various demos produced mainly at The Practise Pad in Maryhill, Glasgow, between 1998-2001 ish. We had a fuckin great time.

David Wason - guitar, vox
John McCracken - bass, vox
Andrew Mills - drums
Robert Stevens - 'bating, pacing, tea
Fred Ward - productions

credits

released January 1, 1999

license

about

The Chasing Ember Glasgow, UK

Waster, Mills and Nig are a band called Closer who got themselves signed to the then-trendy but now-defunct Adorno Records in the early Naughties, touring the UK and Europe in tsupport of their debut album 'Rules For A Normal Life' by 2004 but Took A Break in early 2006, citing a combination of fatigue and A Big Guy With A Beard... Now out The Huff and back together with a vengance for Album II. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Chasing Ember

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Practise Being Happy, you may also like:

Hertz
by Carla Geneve

Carla Geneve returns with a record of jittery alt-rock, topped with lyrics that are both wry and introspective. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 29, 2023
go to album
Buzz Buzz
by PowPig

Teenage punks from Ireland play genre-bending songs with vocals that are by turning pretty and feral. Bandcamp New & Notable May 25, 2018
go to album
Free Fall
by Hollow Suns

Bracing post-hardcore meets festival-ready rock on the Tokyo band's sharp new EP, mixed and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight). Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2024
go to album
Disturbing Dreams
by The Kartetch

Knotty alt-rock with corkscrewing guitars and steely vocals on an album that packs a punch. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 18, 2023
go to album
Alternative EP
by Mophing People

Two major players from Japan's alt-rock scene team up for a grunge-pop EP that explores noisy highs and melancholy lows. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 5, 2022
go to album
Muck
by Dikembe

The Gainesville emo band work through grief and mental illness with honest, empathetic hooks and dynamic guitars. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 19, 2020
go to album
Frantic Semantic EP
by Grow Rich

Fuzzy and swirling shoegaze soundscapes from Indonesia full of emotion and DIY spirit. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 5, 2019
go to album