Trigger/Happy by The R F Vee

This is an album of Love and Loss. Its about falling in love again and losing those you love.

Trigger/Happy contains 10 Country Funk and classic Rock influenced songs, perfectly soundtracking the life experiences and stories of songwriter and guitarist Remy Felix Vas (The R F Vee) over the last couple of years.

Its heavy. Its Dirty. Its uplifting. Its vulnerable. Its the sound of Remy falling in love with his guitar again, his first instrument and Trigger/Happy showcases his sound and style that’s accomplished and expressive; Solo’s aren’t just noodling for the sake of it – they push the songs, providing relevance and further expressing the emotion contained in the lyrics.

‘’The title refers to the feeling I was going through when I wrote a lot of the songs on here. They were about losing my parents in quick succession of each other. It was triggering to write some of the songs but there was some comfort in that for me. It felt like still holding on to what I'd lost and I needed that.’’ ‘Red Rose’ is about the red rose of Lancashire and not forgetting your roots. A twangy, bluesy Guitar riff sits atop a grooving bassline and head nodding beat giving way to fuzzed out guitars. Its also about grief ‘’I wait for you in my dreams everynight/But I haven’t seen you hanging round here’’. ‘Longshot’ further addresses the theme of grief, in this case trying to come to terms with what’s not there anymore. What starts out as the vulnerable sound of a simple electric guitar and vocals gives way to all out sing-along emotive rock.

But loss is also celebrated; 'Astrud' is a fond lookback and celebration of his Dad. The Astrud of the title refers to Astrud Gilberto and Remy remembering ‘Girl from Ipanema’ being on heavy rotation on the cassette player in the car. Its a huge riff with a two part vocal harmony which is both uplifting and celebratory.

Elsewhere on the Trigger/Happy, tracks such as ‘Reunion’ (about a drunken night out round Blackpool) and 'Beatles Autographs' are both playful and full on rock and roll. Again, the fuzzed out guitars are laid on thickly to produce a heavy sound with vocals reminiscent of early Primal Scream . 'Great Expectations' has a huge chorus to it that deals with overthinking things. 'Origin Story' is a Stones styled country rock track about two damaged people meeting in a bar, the heavy, scuzzy guitars that suddenly crash the party providing grit, dirt and darkness. 'AYFN' is about moving on via a huge singalong chorus and Six Different Lanyards questions both jumping on the latest cause whilst doing nothing about it.

The R F Vee is guitarist, songwriter, singer and producer Remy Felix Vas. An experienced songwriter, musician and producer, over the years he’s worked with the likes of Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Gary Whelan (Happy Mondays) and under his ‘Future Unit’ project, he’s released music on Jo Wallace’s Ramrock Label, been remixed by Ashley Beedle and had two limited edition vinyl only releases that sold out pretty much straight away.

On Trigger/Happy, Remy returns to his first instrument and first love, the guitar. An accomplished player, these tracks showcase his skill and influences of John Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards and Jimmy Page. I feel like whatever I do I can’t help but have a ‘baggy’ influence to it - but that’s just my influences and I’m ok with that. I guess then you can call this album ‘Baggy country rock!!’’

London based producer with releases on RamrockRed, Tusk Wax and Porn Wax labels.

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