Happy Boy

Comments From the Press

• THE BOLSHOI - "Happy Boy" (Situation Two) Fabber than before. Tinkling neatly (you know the kind of guitar) with cloak and dagger vocals, in in an entirely confident manner, which is always the secret. Last time they were choking on their own notions. NOT NOW!

• IF YOU thought the BOLSHOI were a bunch of Ruskies prancing about with arms aloft and lunchboxes down their pink lycra tights, you'd be mistaken. The Bolshoi are instead a three-strong team of dark and broody musicians who've swopped timpani for tutu and deep and booming bass for ballet shoes.
  
  The trio were founded by Trevor Tanner on guitar and vox with wonderboy drummer Jan Kalicki. On moving to London they were joined by Nick Chown, who added bass and a hunger for success.
  
  Their second single on Beggars Banquet is "Happy Boy" -- A far more acessible introduction to their subtle charms than the previous "Sob Story," which was a bit of a dirge to say the least. A mini LP Giants accompanies the single and proves indisputably what a jolly combo the Bolshoi are.
  
  

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