- As the Winnie The Pooh imagery suggests, HNNY (pronounced honey) makes music that's colourful and easy to digest. His brand of fat, jolly house makes generous use of R&B and disco samples, and he's released 12-inches on Local Talk, Let's Play House and Puss, the kiss-stamped imprint he runs with Kornél Kovács. For his first outing of 2015 he returns to Catz 'N Dogz's Pet Recordings. The resulting five-tracker, for the most part, is grating.
The opening cut is called "Happy Happy Happy House," which should tell you something about the mood HNNY is going for on Carefree. In fact, it's the least sugary and over-the-top thing here. As mellow, sea-breeze synths lap against loping drums, you're left with a nice slice of trip-hop. "Brasilian Sound," on the other hand, is difficult to get through, largely due to the cutesy vocal sample. When it's just sun-drenched piano playing over a laid-back groove, "Fresh Laundry" is less trying, but then a candyfloss melody wades in and everything becomes annoyingly chipper again. The EP's lowest ebb, though, is a toss up between the shrill synths on "Frukstund" and the weird electro squelch of "Yogalates."
TracklistA1 Happy Happy House House
A2 Brasilian Sound
A3 Fresh Laundry
B1 Fruktstund
B2 Yogalates