WHAT IT IS: Having spent two years performing on stages like Bonnaroo and Boston Calling, Brighton, U.K.’s The Heavy Heavy are drawing listeners even deeper into their dreamworld with their long-awaited debut album, One of a Kind. Written entirely by co-founders Georgie Fuller and William Turner, the LP expands the sunshine psych-pop and folk sound of their debut EP, which won massive acclaim from the likes of NME, which named them an essential emerging artist for 2023, and The Guardian.
ALBUM: One of a Kind
RELEASE DATE: 9/6
SINGLE: “Happiness”
TV: CBS Saturday Morning, Kimmel, Colbert
LIVE: Opened for the Black Pumas, The Revivalists, Band of Horses and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats; performed at Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Newport Folk Festival; +20-city U.S. headline tour this fall
INTERNET: 1.6m+ YouTube video views; 268k+ monthly Spotify listeners
RADIO: “Happiness” impacted radio on 6/11, currently Top 10 at AAA; debut single “Miles and Miles” and “Go Down River” hit the Top 5 on the format
PRESS: The Guardian, Paste, FLOOD (“one of the brightest new U.K. acts”), American Songwriter, Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, Clash, Holler, more
BOOKING: Brian Jonas/High Road Touring
PUBLISHING: Trina Smith-Dort/Me Gusta Music
MANAGEMENT: Ryan Matteson & Brendan O’Connell/Ten Atoms