Happy Diving - Big World [LP]

Release Date: October 30, 2026
Label: Smoking Room
The debut album from East Bay's Happy Diving. Big World was recorded over a whirlwind two days at The Atomic Garden in East Palo Alto, CA, with the help of producer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor, Whirr). The album itself mirrors the same whirlwind intensity of the recording process as the band throw hook after hook atop 10 short sludgy pop songs. There's early Weezer, Tony Molina and little parts Ovlov & Dinosaur Jr. It's catchy and accessible and nothing about it is going to jump out and offend anyone. It's also a thick, hard-driving record built on fuzzed out, heavy guitars that's steeped in 90s nostalgia in a good way.