Gerhard Potuznik is one of Austria's key figures when it comes to alternative music. Eight solo albums, countless 12 "s and CDs on Austrian and international labels. like Cheap, Mego, Replacement Audio and Interdimensional Transmission. Potuznik also works as a producer for acts like Chicks On Speed, Mediengruppe Telekommander, Minisex, Janosch Moldova or Black Palms Orchestra. The self-titled debut album of "THE HAPPY SUN contains" 12 songs in the tradition of Gerhard Potznik's heroes from the 1980s (The Cure, H?sker D?, Joy Division, Sisters Of Mercy, ...), but without simply being retro or hopelessly sentimental. Actually the opposite is happening here: the songs represent a new beginning and the return of post-punk power pop, indie rock or just cool songs with strange codes for different meanings instead of texts. Mastering star Pete Maher (U2, Rolling Stones, etc.) described the recordings in a simple sentence: "Commercial, but in a good way I really love this album". Bernd Heinrauch, who co-produced the album, thinks the musical style is similar to "late 70's Shoegaze Psychedelic Rock".
