Happiness in Aeroplanes is a misleading titled band. Nothing about these fourteen tracks expresses anything verging on happiness. In fact, many of these tracks tend to dwell in the lower part of the sound spectrum. They might as well be underground due to all the murk.
Eddie J Palmer appears to have a certain degree of affectation for early IDM. I consider the entire homage as something of homage to the old IDM sound. The sounds are weird, percussive. All of the melodies are skewed and somewhat dark. Considering their origin of Brooklyn, New York this does make some sense.
Personally I happen to enjoy the longer songs where he stretches out for a bit. “Exchopraxia” is one of my favorites. The effects happening in the periphery create tension. Even the melodies on this work with the length to make something rather affecting. "Autobahnen" is a sweeter, lusher song. I'm reminded of "I am Robot and Proud" whenever I hear this one.
The album works best for late-night listening. All of the songs are rather tense. Don’t look for any light in these tracks. Expect a great deal of tension due to the percussion, noises, and constant modulations on the low end. It is a good album but it does take some patience. Find the whole thing here on his mysteriously vacant bandcamp page along with multiple choices of the album artwork.