Double Happiness Offers a Sonic Escape with Debut Album 'Derealisation'
Emerging from Naam's vibrant underground scene, Solo project of multi-instrumentalist Sam Jemsek, Double Happiness has just released his highly anticipated debut album 'Derealisation'.
The album is a swirling dive into fractured realities, digital demise, and the uncanny space in-between. Crafted entirely in solitude, 'Derealisation' is a self produced, self contained concept of atmospheric introspection. Inspired by bands such as; Molchat Doma, Boy Harsher, and Buzz Kull, yet conceptually aligned with the continuous, collage like structure of J Dilla's 'Donuts' and Total Control's 'Typical System'.
The Album pushes beyond genre into a conceptual territory. It's post-punk, goth, dark wave, and shoegaze all at once, filled through a dreamlike state of recurring motifs and seamless transitions.
“If I had to distill the album down to just one thing, I’d say the album is a catalogue of different realities. Each song is kind of like a different brain looking at the same thing.”
Tracks such as 'Electric Sheep', 'Staring at the Walls', and 'Dark Matters' reappear in reworked forms, giving familiar material new life within the walls of the albums flowing thematic architecture. The result is something more than an album, but an emotional landscape constantly shifting but never aimless.
“There was a turning point a few years ago where the vibe of everything got really weird, and never completely went back. Through the album, I wanted to create some record or artifact that describes this atmosphere.”
Mixed and produced by Jemsek himself, and mastered by indie icon Mikey Young, the album is both raw and refined, a bedroom production pushed to its limits. The live iteration of Double Happiness, which includes Ben Callaghan(keyboards/samplers), Will Stanforth (bass), and Sam Walsh (guitar), continues to bring the project’s immersive sound to stages across Australia.
With 'Derealisation', Double Happiness offers more than just music, he offers a mirror to the eerie calm of modern disconnection, where our minds drift through infinite content streams, never quite landing.