Feeling Bad About Feeling Sad In The Happiest Country In The World arrives on September 22nd via Soliti
Juppe announces his debut album, Feeling Bad About Feeling Sad In The Happiest Country In The World, which arrives via Soliti on the 22nd September 2023. Of the album Juppe tells us “The album sounds kinda lonely to me now, even though it was very collaborative in nature. Good friends helped me make it. Best friends. I think I had the most fun I’ve had yet in the studio. I can hear that in there too.“
Along with the album announcement, Juppe shares his latest single “CURTIS” – a lithe, beat driven proto-soul track. ““CURTIS is a love song and probably the only positive one on the record. I think it’s always a small miracle when we meet someone who feels the same way.“ Juppe tells us. The single arrives on the 2nd June 2023.
LISTEN TO CURTIS
Lyrics: Juppe
Composers: Juppe, Aapo Soulanto, Nestori Majoinen
Production: Juppe, Nestori Majoinen
Vocals, guitar: Juppe
Drums, production: Nestori Majoinen
Saxophone: Aapo Soulanto
Recorded by Juppe & Nestori Majoinen
Mix by Juppe
Mastered at Holistic Audio Mastering
Cover photograph: Simo Pukkinen, instagram: @simopukkinen.vga
Initial Reaction
“Juppe, who makes the most original soul music in Finland, released a new song” Rumba
Juppe : Feeling Bad About Feeling Sad In The Happiest Country In The World (Soliti 106)
Release date: 22.09.2023
Feeling Bad About Feeling Sad In The Happiest Country In The World album cover
- If I Go Down With U
- Happiest Country In The World (watch)
- S.C.W.
- Getting Really Tired Of Ur Shit
- Familiar
- CURTIS
- Fade
- Teardrops On Used Vinyl
- 9 Bi, High Pretty Sad
Recorded by Juppe & Nestori Majoinen
Mix by Juppe
Mastered at Holistic Audio Mastering
Upcoming shows
Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs -festivaali 15/07/2023
Previous reaction to Juppe
“…wait until the back half spins this distorted noise-skronk stomp; there’s no boundaries in the band’s songwriting, which is something that means a lot to me these days. It’s a tune that works playfully, then fades with bombast, so interested to hear where the project goes from here.” Austin Town Hall
“”Fade” just makes our day! It sounds like it sprang out of the funk scenes of Philadelphia or Detroit in the late ’60s or early ’70s.” WYMA
“A small touch of soulful keyboards is the right amount of soul, but still the song is a beauty that most clearly belongs to the pop rock canon. Swings and swings, and the rockier cycle at the end is guaranteed not to leave you cold with its sound barrage” Decibeli.net
“Juppe mixes organic and representative sounds of specific decades, with hints of a 70s band and also the colours of 90s indie electronica and sardonic lyrics.” freim.tv
“Addictive riffs, unexpectedly moving melodies, and kaleidoscopic arrangements. It’s so cool and funny.” Niche
“listen here to one of the year’s best songs by a Finnish artist” Rumba
“A mixture of deconstructed funk, post punk, and… of… an insolent happiness that explodes in our face, the Finnish musician Juppe, accompanied by a demented prod and a sax that slips through the interstices reminds us that life is good in Finland with his latest title “Happiest Country In The World”!” Djolo
Juppe by Simo Pukkinen
Watch the video for Happiest Country In The World
Small bio
Finnish singer/songwriter Juppe mixes organic 1970s band flavours and 1990s indie electronica with sardonic lyricism. Releasing music with different projects and bands since 2014. Feeling Bad About Feeling Sad In The Happiest Country In The World is his debut solo album.