BAND MEMBERS:
VOLNEY HENDRIX – Bass
ERIC KREIDLER – Keyboards+Backing Antonio Vocals
ADAM MARSHALL – Lead+Backing Vocals, Electric+Acoustic Guitars
KRISTIN MARSHALL – Lead+Backing Vocals, Percussion
DENNIS OLSON – Drums
MIKE SENKOVICH – Lead Guitar
LEE ZUKOR – Lead+Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
“What a day! I will just put out there that if rock music came from the Devil, then instruction sheets for IKEA flat-pack furniture must come from close to the same source. As my partner passed me the job and told me it would all be done in 45 minutes… four hours later, lol. Completed: a working little bedroom wardrobe with its drawers all opening correctly on their runners — but what a nightmare!
With a need to unwind before collapsing, and a choice between shooting zombies on the phone, reading my novel Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben, or doing a review, the review won by a slim margin. Having looked in the overflowing email inbox of submissions, I settled on a pop EP to close the day.
Here is the press release:
Minneapolis-based indie rock band THE LONG HONEYMOON has been filling venues and exciting fans for more than 3 years with their high-energy shows, featuring original songs with their signature multi-part harmonies, deft arrangements and tight grooves. Its members, veterans of a variety of beloved Twin Cities’ bands (The Humbugs, Lee Rude, Atomic Flea, The Bazillions, Charlie Bucket, and The Radio Spares), combine a deep love of classic pop-rock with a modern sound and joyous spirit.
“The Risk of Happiness” (EP) – Street Date: April 24th, 2026 – so is out on all platforms now.
I do like the cat on the cover. As our readers know this is a very cat friendly magazine! Popping a cat to the fore in the email is certainly one way to find our attention!
4 tracks running to 14 minutes and 30 seconds
“The Risk of Happiness” is indeed a tuneful earful! It plays with alternating vocals, has pleasing harmonies and a catchy chorus. I would describe this as mid afternoon pop that you would play while relaxing on a beach (ideally).
“Beauty in Reality” takes us into the age of the fairytale and the dreamy sense of a world where there is beauty in reality. This is whimsical, it celebrates love and chances in the real world away from books. As a dreamer who escapes into the world of Sherlockian fiction and immerses myself in texts like “The Goblin Emperor” I applaud the lyrical play, but often prefer the escape from the real world, even one with cheery pop songs in it.
“When I Say Baby” opened with some great honky tonk style piano. I enjoyed this one as it had a feeling of a sing-along in the pub with friends. It is a track that you actually need some friends round for and a couple of drinks, it is light party music and it is sugar in your tea!
“One to One” delivers a gentle folk pop song with a bit of Ringo Starr in there somewhere. It is a sway-along, enjoyable end to a happy vibe EP.
The Risk of Happiness (EP) — Street Date: April 24th, 2026 — is out now on all platforms.
I do like the cat on the cover. As our readers know, this is a very cat-friendly magazine! Popping a cat to the fore in the email is certainly one way to gain our attention.
Four tracks running to 14 minutes and 30 seconds, The Risk of Happiness is indeed a tuneful earful! It plays with alternating vocals, has pleasing harmonies, and a catchy chorus. I would describe this as mid-afternoon pop that you would play while relaxing on a beach — ideally with the sun out and not while trying to decipher flat-pack instructions.
‘Beauty in Reality’ takes us into the age of fairytales and the dreamy sense of a world where there is beauty in reality. This is whimsical stuff, celebrating love and possibility in the world away from books. As a dreamer who escapes into Sherlockian fiction and immerses myself in texts like The Goblin Emperor, I applaud the lyrical play, although I will confess I often still prefer escaping the real world entirely — even one filled with cheery pop songs.
‘When I Say Baby’ opens with some great honky-tonk-style piano. I enjoyed this one as it carries the feeling of a pub sing-along with friends. This is music for good company, a couple of drinks, and an evening where nobody particularly wants to discuss politics or the price of electricity bills. It is light, sweet, and knowingly uncomplicated.
‘One to One’ delivers a gentle folk-pop song with a little hint of Ringo Starr somewhere in the background. It is a sway-along, enjoyable ending to an EP built entirely around easy-going positivity and melodic charm.
At times, The Risk of Happiness perhaps drifts a little too close to being very pleasant background music for my personal tastes, but there is no denying the warmth and craftsmanship running through these songs. Sometimes, after battling IKEA wardrobes and the general chaos of modern life, pleasant and uncomplicated music is exactly what the doctor ordered.
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Stream music from The Long Honeymoon here
By Benny (the Ball) Benson
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