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{{Short description|Indie rock band}}
{{Draft topics|music}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = The Happy Fits
| image            = [[File:The Happy Fits in Concert (Ross).jpg|thumb|]]
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| caption          = The Happy Fits at the [[List of music venues in Los Angeles|Teragram Ballroom]] in [[Los Angeles]] on Nov. 27, 2021 
(contracted; show full)t full-length LP, ''Concentrate'', and have since completed multiple headlining tours, and released a sophomore album, ''What Could Be Better,'' with a 3rd LP in the works for 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=OBryant|first=Billie|title=Preview: The Happy Fits wrap up at the semester at the Loft|url=https://nique.net/entertainment/2021/12/10/preview-the-happy-fits-wrap-up-at-the-semester-at-the-loft/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Technique|language=en-US}}</ref>
  

== Background ==
The band members attended the same New Jersey high school, where Ross Monteith approached the classically-trained Calvin Langman to play music together.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Testa|first=Jim|date=2017-11-15|title=The Happy Fits The Jersey Beat Interview|url=https://www.jerseybeat.com/happyfits.html|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Jersey Beat}}</ref> They started out practicing covers before deciding they were better suited creating original songs.<ref>{{(contracted; show full)udio, starting with "The Smiley Fits" and landing on "The Happy Fits" after Monteith's mother, Agnes Monteith (their biggest supporter), suggested the name since their music always makes her feel happy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Indie-Pop Trio THE HAPPY FITS Discuss Their Brand New Album, ‘What Could Be Better’, Their Upcoming US Tour and More! {{!}} All Access Music|url=https://music.allaccess.com/the-happy-fits/|access-date=2022-02-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
  

''Awfully Apeelin''', was released in August 2016, where it was accidently discovered by magazine music writer Tyler Miranda, who jokingly listened to "While You Fade Away" after stumbling across their EP's "dumb" cover art on Spotify.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artist to Watch: The Happy Fits|url=https://www.34st.com/article/2018/07/artist-to-watch-the-happy-fits|access-date=2022-01-07|website=www.34st.com}}</ref> He ended up liking the song and pas(contracted; show full)2|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}</ref> The song “Hold Me Down” went on to reach #5 on the [[Sirius XM|SiriusXM]] ''Alt 18 Countdown'' and #32 on the ''Alternative Radio'' Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Indie-Pop Trio THE HAPPY FITS Discuss Their Brand New Album, ‘What Could Be Better’, Their Upcoming US Tour and More! {{!}} All Access Music|url=https://music.allaccess.com/the-happy-fits/|access-date=2022-02-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
  

In 2021, The Happy Fits completed music videos for all ten songs of their sophomore album ''What Could Be Better''<ref name=":0" /> and released two new songs on August 11, 2021, "Another Try" and "Cold Turkey", the former of which debuted at #8 on Alt Nation Alt 18.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Block|first=Dustin|date=2021-09-07|title=Alt18 Countdown on Sirius XM, 9/4/21: Bastille tops, The Happy Fits join|url=https://becausenooneelsepoststhealt18.com/(contracted; show full)

On January 10, 2022, The Happy Fits were announced as part of the lineup for the [[BottleRock Napa Valley]] music festival taking place May 26-27, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Artists|url=https://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/2022-artists/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=BottleRock Napa Valley|language=en}}</ref>
  

The band's third LP is expected to be released in Spring 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=The Happy Fits On Their New Single “Another Try”|url=https://hifiway.live/2021/08/19/the-happy-fits-on-their-new-single-another-try/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Hi Fi Way|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Studio Albums ===
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As of 2021, the band resides in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-10-05|title=New Noise: The Happy Fits|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/10/05/new-noise-the-happy-fits/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Wonderland|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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