Artist Demob Happy
Features & Interviews
Power of III: Demob Happy hit the road with Jack White
Demob Happy and Jack White sitting in a tree, P-L-A-Y-I-N-G a… gig… well, you get the point. DIY faves Demob Happy went on tour with Jack White, and here’s how it went down!
15th November 2018
Welcome to rock school, with Demob Happy!
Equal parts hard-riffing monsters and sweetened harmonic seducers, Demob Happy have existed in their own unquantifiable box from day one. Let’s get to the bottom of this particular rock riddle.
19th March 2018
What’s Going On With… Demob Happy?
The Brighton riffmonger’s 2015 debut ‘Dream Soda’ was an underrated slab of saucepot genius. Now they’re back and ready to ensure that LP2 flies to the top of the pack.
20th February 2018
Demob Happy: Straight Up Sinners
For six years, underground heroes Demob Happy have been following their own rulebook. As debut album ‘Dream Soda’ reveals, it turns out they’ve been breaking hearts along the way.
3rd October 2015
The determined, do-it-yourself route of Demob Happy
Taking the long run, this Brighton bunch have gradually established themselves as one of the UK’s best new bands.
8th May 2015
Album Reviews
5 Stars
Demob Happy - Holy Doom
‘Holy Doom’ knows its aim, and proceeds to execute its harmony-drenched rock prowls flawlessly.
4 Stars
Demob Happy - Dream Soda
A frantic, fucked-up mission statement to rival the best of this year.
Records & Merch
Holy Doom Pin Badge
£6
Holy Doom CD
£10
The Making Of... Holy Doom Zine
£8
Holy Doom Tote Bag
£8
News
Demob Happy share ‘Mother Machine’ video
“Here it is, in all it’s painful, cosmic glory.”
September 21, 2020 1:03pm
Reviews / Live
Demob Happy round off the DIY Presents Independent Venue Week tour, in association with Jack Daniel’s, with new tunes and mosh pits
Kicking off 2020 in intimate style, the Brighton trio will surely spend the rest of the year in far spacier surrounds.
February 6, 2020 5:27pm
News
Demob Happy to play Marshall Live 2020 with Dream Wife, Deaf Havana & more
The event takes places at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes this June.
February 4, 2020 5:13pm
News
Demob Happy to headline the DIY Presents Independent Venue Week tour in association with Jack Daniel’s
We’ll be heading to five independent venues across the country during Independent Venue Week 2020.
January 21, 2020 4:30pm
News
Demob Happy return with new single ‘Mother Machine’
The trio have shared their first new music of 2020, ahead of their Independent Venue Week tour this month.
January 8, 2020 12:05pm
Features
Pick of the Pops: artists’ albums of 2019
Who have been your faves’ faves of 2019?
December 16, 2019 5:00pm
News
Demob Happy release new single ‘Autoportrait’
The garage-rock trio share the anthemic new song.
July 26, 2019 11:35am
News
Demob Happy, Yak, Dream Wife for All Points East
Kate Tempest, Our Girl and Amyl and the Sniffers are also headed to Victoria Park.
March 26, 2019 9:47am
Reviews / Live
Doom has never felt so good: Demob Happy make hometown victory lap at Brighton’s Concorde 2
Football-style chants of “DEE-Mob” ring around the room well in advance of the trio’s arrival.
March 6, 2019 1:47pm
News
Demob Happy air video for ‘Less Is More’
The trio’s UK tour kicks off next week.
February 22, 2019 12:15pm
News
Demob Happy share saucy new track ‘Less Is More’
It’s the trio’s first material since last year’s second LP ‘Holy Doom’.
February 1, 2019 12:05pm
News
Demob Happy announce UK headline tour
It follows their recent support slots with Jack White.
November 30, 2018 11:01am
News
Slaves, Shame, The Vaccines and more battle the rain to send Reading 2018 off with glorious final day
Let’s Eat Grandma, Demob Happy and a secret set from Peace also punctuate the Sunday of the raucous weekender.
August 27, 2018 11:57am
Features
The 15 best albums of the year so far
We’re half way through the year(!) so we’ve rounded up the best LPs we’ve heard so far in 2018.
July 9, 2018 5:30pm
News
We’re bringing Yowl, LIFE and Demob Happy to Soho Radio tomorrow as part of Jäger Curtain Call!
Tune in from 12pm to hear all three bands in session.
May 30, 2018 5:00pm
Features / Podcast
Yonaka, Demob Happy and more on the new DIY Podcast
We’re down in Brighton at The Great Escape.
May 22, 2018 3:02pm
Reviews / Live
The Great Escape 2018 comes to a thunderous close with help from Demob Happy, Bully, ALASKALASKA and more
We hosted another jam-packed night up at Horatio’s on Brighton Pier to close the fest.
May 20, 2018 3:03pm
News
The Magic Gang, IDLES, Demob Happy and more added to The Great Escape
Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy and Now, Now will also play the festival.
April 5, 2018 12:48pm
News
Demob Happy get dancing in the video for ‘Loosen It’
Their new album ‘Holy Doom’ is out later this month.
March 8, 2018 2:32pm
Features
Tracks: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, James Blake, Demob Happy and more
All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.
January 26, 2018 5:00pm