{"product_id":"kaktus-einarsson-factoid-happiness","title":"Kaktus Einarsson - Factoid Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world saturated with misinformation and manufactured ideals of fulfilment, ‘Factoid Happiness’ asks a deceptively simple question - what is it that makes us happy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third album from Icelandic stalwart Kaktus Einarsson is out via One Little Independent Records and seeks its answers in community, equality and the quiet resilience of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross ten tracks, Kaktus interrogates the systems that increasingly shape our emotional lives; algorithms, social media, and political polarisation. It explores how modern life dilutes attention, erodes certainty, and turns even our happiness into a commodification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusically, ‘Factoid Happiness’ is rich and varied, moving between intimate piano-led songwriting, warm indie-rock, funk-leaning grooves, disco-inflected rhythms and electronic textures. It reflects Kaktus’s background as a songwriter who has moved fluidly between underground experimentation and sophisticated pop. The LP also features contributions from John Grant, RAKEL, Thibault Gomez and Jessica Winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an era shaped by division and distraction, ‘Factoid Happiness’ argues that family (biological, chosen, romantic, or platonic) is how we stay connected and resist a in fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A revelatory live experience, Kaktus Einarsson wields the kind of swagger and attitude all too uncommon in this kind of music” - Stereogum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Breathtaking and unpredictable, imaginative and stunningly beautiful. Just like his native Iceland” - Louder Than War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Joyful” - NME\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP presented to independent retailers on Transparent Teal coloured vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"One Little Independent Records","offers":[{"title":"Indie Exclusive  Transparent Teal LP","offer_id":58300865675608,"sku":"TKM-42737","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":58300865708376,"sku":"TKM-42738","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58300865741144,"sku":"TKM-42739","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/Kaktus_Einarsson_-_Factoid_Happiness_a36aa42f-da87-49e5-bf5d-a691c7cae440.webp?v=1787916777","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/kaktus-einarsson-factoid-happiness","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}