Hooray for psychedelic pop! Happy Bullets are great. Upon first listening to them, it seemed like Coldplay might sound like this if they’d paid more attention to the Kinks, but I think that was just the piano and Britishness. But they’re not British- quite the opposite, in fact- they’re from Texas. Along with the Celebrity Pilots, they are part of the new wave of psychedelic pop music coming from states with baseball teams that did well this year. An arcance and obscure subgenre of indie rock, sure, but a good one nevertheless.

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They are on MySpace and their album, The Vice And Virtue Ministry (very Kinks of them, I think) is getting good reviews.

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Comments (8)
  1. thanks jed, for posting on my dallas boys. LOVE these guys, see em live if you get the chance.

  2. I’ve been listening to this band for a little bit too and really like them as well…shveeps!

  3. i can dig, i can dig.

  4. Billy K  |   Posted on Nov 11th, 2005

    Yeah…they’re not from Texas. They’re from Dallas!

    (We have so little in the way of good music here. We have to shout when we can.)

  5. “thanks jed, for posting on my dallas boys. LOVE these guys, see em live if you get the chance.”

    the rangers? or happy bullets?

  6. salty  |   Posted on Nov 11th, 2005

    First, the Tah-Dahs… now the Happy Bullets! Look out. Dallas is the new Montreal.

  7. Thanks for featuring one of Dallas’ best… we appreciate it!

  8. Rina  |   Posted on Nov 15th, 2005

    They sound like The Waitresses.

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