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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release from Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard was produced Kai Slater of Lifeguard and Sharp Pins.
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- Record Label: Night School / Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jun 6, 2025It could slot into the soundtrack of anyone’s life, it has that sort of everyman, indie movie quality. But it’s for him first, and it’s an incredibly pure distillation of who Finn is when he’s not on camera.
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Jun 6, 2025The only thing holding Happy Birthday back from being classic is its brevity and maybe lack of ambition; other than that, the quality of the songs, the impact of the vocals, the excellent production, and his ability to reference the past without aping it combine to make it a superb start for a promising solo career.
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Jun 10, 2025Happy Birthday is a sentimental album, and a remarkable demonstration of Finn Wolfhard’s laid-back, instinctive approach to songwriting.
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Jun 6, 2025It all has a vintage feel to it, too, with hints of Faces’ guitar strumming styles, but that’s combined with a more modern approach; here, Wolfhard could be a cousin of Alex G or MJ Lenderman, but with the energy of UK band C Turtle.
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MojoJun 6, 2025An album that, in the best sense of the term, is all over the place. [Jul 2025, p.84]