Archive / 2009 / MARCH

Spin.com live review of The Happiness Project

"To be honest, I didn't expect this to go beyond my living room," admitted Broken Social Scene guitarist Charles Spearin Wednesday night at Toronto's Music Gallery, where he debuted the Happiness Project.

We might as well have been in his living room. Spearin had already kicked off his shoes and was treating fans to his experimental, home-spun sound: The recorded voices of family, friends, and neighbors talking about the meaning of happiness were mashed up with a 10-person live band.

Read the full review here.

CHARTattack review Happiness Project live in Toronto

If you've heard Charles Spearin's Happiness Project, you already know it's unlike anything you've listened to before. Now picture the project brought to life. It's something only super-musical humans can do, and Spearin and his band did it. The results were astounding.

Read the full review here.

The Happiness Project featured in NOW Magazine

Along with Brendan Canning's shiny gold dress, the most delightfully odd part of Broken Social Scene's homecoming shows this fall was the excerpt from Charles Spearins Happiness Project a recording of one of his neighbours talking about happiness while a lone saxophone doubled the unintentional melodies of her monologue. Simple but incredibly effective.

Read the full story in NOW Magazine.

A history of speech and song
After hearing The Happiness Project, zoilus.com put together a cultural history of how musicians have transformed speech into music through history. You can read the full piece by clicking here.

Upcoming TV and radio appearances
Charles Spearin will be making several TV and radio appearances over the next week leading up to his first tour with The Happiness Project. Be sure to tune in!

March 5 - MTV "News" piece airs today on MTV at 6:30pm and 8:00pm EST.

March 7 - Appears on INSIDE JAM! this Saturday at 6:30pm on SUN TV (Ontario). Watch a "Happiness Project" demonstration with host Tara Slone.

March 10 - Appears on CBC Radio1 "Here & Now" at 4:30pm EST.

March 11 - Co-Hosting the EDGEfm "Indie Hour" in Toronto at 11:00pm EST.

March 12 - Appears live on XM Satellite Radio "The Verge" (Channel 87) on Thursday, March 12 at 1:00pm EST.