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Jan 25, 2019Happy in The Hollow is their most satisfying work to date, doubly notable for its being the first record the band have produced themselves.
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Jan 30, 2019TOY make a strong case for Happy in the Hollow as their most cohesive and compelling record. The record’s intense, shadowy first half and airy, graceful second half culminates in an mercurial odyssey that unabashedly celebrates TOY’s eccentricities.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2019A band recharged and re-energised. [Mar 2019, p.120]
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Feb 1, 2019The group expand on the sorts of themes and sounds that have made them so distinct to the ear while incorporating new layers of heavier krautrock, as well as melodic folk to further engineer their trademark sound.
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MojoJan 24, 2019Its wintery charms and enervated intrigue are hard to deny. [Feb 2019, p.90]
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UncutJan 24, 2019A further shift away from the full-throttle krautrock of their early years into something more sumptuous. [Feb 2019, p.37]
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Jan 24, 2019Above all, it’s the melodies that stand out, whether in the wonderfully whacked out melodies of ’You Make Me Forget Myself’ or pacy ripples of ‘Sequence One’, all delivered with an insouciance that’s rather satisfying in these times.
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Jan 30, 2019Having enjoyed the best of both worlds, TOY have returned with their boldest statement of intent to date.
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Mar 22, 2019You will have gathered from this that Happy In The Hollow makes a positive impact, its occasional loss of focus an asset rather than a fault as the music runs free. TOY make music notable for its mood, groove and texture, if not always finding a killer melody.
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Feb 6, 2019Even if it's not quite as cohesive as Clear Shot, Happy in the Hollow doesn't change the feeling that the members of TOY have one foot in another dimension that they're waiting to transport their listeners to.