GAZ “Happy Girl”

The mood is rich and the vibe is good, your vision gets a little blurry in the energy splashing, smoky atmosphere somewhere at an underground venue, watching a band who is simply having a good time. “Happy Girl” is the kind of song that gets you happily drunk on the music.

GAZ opens with a wicked blues lick you just can’t get enough as the lead vocal Josep puts you up above the clouds. The guitar bounces and continues like the devil’s sweet whisper as the dynamic track put you in a real party happening in the after hour. The vibrant sonic palettes meet the band’s palpable delivery in the mix of a southern twang, “Happy Girl” is simply intoxicating.

It is certainly happening in a fast pace as it keeps elevating, lifting off the roof with its flying solos, hearing Josep’s vocal shares the fierce texture of an electric guitar. The bridge is something unexpected. The distorted guitar spirals down as everything you once knew collapse like a wormhole, but you can never fall into the abyss. You landed in a guitar-woven soundscape that comes from nowhere. It catches you before the vocal pushes you back above the clouds again and the cheering is back.

While “Happy Girl” is based on a modern romance, the track is in conversation with both past and present. Some of the early blues influences can be heard, as well as a throwback to a classic rock sound. It in a way reminds you of the Black Keys, but GAZ is intense in a different way. What they are having is a blast of energy and creativity that the track itself feels like a fierce flame and a good hard laughter.