Happy Diving is an American

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band from

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History

Happy Diving began in 2014 with the release of a self-titled EP on

Father/Daughter Records Father/Daughter Records is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California. It is owned and operated by Jessi Frick, a former marketing and publicity executive at Fiddler Records, and her father Ken Hector, and was formed in 2010. ...

. Happy Diving released their first full-length album titled ''Big World'' in 2014 on Father/Daughter Records. In 2015, Happy Diving released an EP titled ''So Bunted'' on

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. In 2016, Happy Diving released their second full-length album titled ''Electric Soul Unity'' via Topshelf Records.

Style

Happy Diving's sound has been described as "noisy, fuzz-laden

" with compositions characterized as "powerful, noisy blasts". The band's influences include

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and

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. Happy Diving has been compared to

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Band members

*Matt Berry - vocals, guitar *Samuelito Cruz - drums *Mikey Rivera - bass *Kevin Prochnow - guitar *Matt Yankovich - guitar

Discography

Studio albums *''Big World'' (2014, Father/Daughter) *Electric Soul Unity (2016, Topshelf) EPs *''Happy Diving'' (2014, Father/Daughter) *''So Bunted'' (2015, Topshelf)

References

Musical groups established in 2014 Musical groups from Oakland, California Rock music groups from California Father/Daughter Records artists Topshelf Records artists 2014 establishments in California {{US-rock-band-stub