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All Your Happy Life is the second studio album by English rock band The Wytches. It was released on 30 September 2016 via Heavenly Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Chapel Studios in South Thoresby, Lincolnshire and at Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London. Production was handled by the Wytches, Luke Oldfield and Jim Sclavunos.

All Your Happy Life
Studio album by The Wytches
Released	30 September 2016
Studio	Chapel Studios (South Thoresby, Lincolnshire) Toe Rag Studios (Hackney, London)
Genre	Garage punk alternative rock indie rock
Length	36:03
Label	Heavenly Recordings
Producer	The Wytches Jim Sclavunos Luke Oldfield
The Wytches chronology
Annabel Dream Reader (2014) All Your Happy Life (2016) Three Mile Ditch (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.7/10[1]
Metacritic	76/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Crack Magazine	6/10[4]
DIY	[5]
Dork	[6]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[7]
Loud and Quiet	6/10[8]
Record Collector	[9]
Spill Magazine	[10]

All Your Happy Life was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76 based on seven reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.7 out of 10, based on nine reviews.[1]

Emma Swann of DIY describes the album "gloomy, grey but definitely not dull" adding "The Wytches have cast another stellar spell".[5] AllMusic's Timothy Monger called it "a challenging listen but there's plenty of craft here, making it an improvement upon their debut".[3] Ryan Lunn of The Line of Best Fit wrote: "They never really embrace as much lyrical darkness as they did on their debut album, though, and they don't exactly reach for the occasional glimpse of light either. As a result, All Your Happy Life is a lightswitch that keeps awkwardly flickering, intentionally making the mise-en-scène as unsettling as possible".[7]

In mixed reviews, Sammy Jones of Crack Magazine stated: "a leap forward for a band that's still dripping with potential".[4] Joe Goggins of Loud and Quiet said: "They still haven't quite figured out how to channel the raw energy they conjure up so readily onstage into the sort of nervous tension that might suit their songwriting style better".[8] Jake Kennedy of Record Collector said: "slower, heavier and maybe a little bit more messed up than before, while not stabbing at the same loud/quiet buttons, All Your Happy Life is a most welcome, if mildly unhinged continuation".[9]

Track listing

Personnel

• Kristian Bell – main artist, vocals, guitar, organ, percussion, songwriter, producer (tracks: 1-4, 6, 10), arranger (tracks: 2, 7)
• Dan Ramsey – main artist, backing vocals, bass, songwriter, producer (tracks: 1-4, 6, 10), arranger (tracks: 2, 7)
• Gianni Honey – main artist, drums, percussion, songwriter, producer (tracks: 1-4, 6, 10), arranger (tracks: 2, 7)
• Mark Breed – organ & mellotron (tracks: 2, 6, 11), piano (track 10), additional songwriter
• Jim Sclavunos – producer (tracks: 5, 7-9, 11), arranger (tracks: 2, 7), mixing (tracks: 8, 9)
• Luke Oldfield – producer & recording (tracks: 1-4, 6, 10)
• Mikey Young – mixing (tracks: 1-7, 10, 11), mastering
• Tim Morris – recording (tracks: 5, 7-9, 11)
• Guy Davie – additional mastering
• Samuel Gull – artwork
• Tim Hampson – layout

Charts

Chart performance for All Your Happy Life

Chart (2016)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11]	23
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[12]	20
UK Record Store (OCC)[13]	7

References

External links

• The Wytches – All Your Happy Life at Discogs (list of releases)

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