Happy Just to See You - Last Week's Horse

Happy Just to See You is a Southern New Hampshire and Boston based indie-rock band consisting of Evan Benoit (vocals, guitar), Evan Yarmo (bass), Zachary Glennon (violin), and Matt Bacon (drums). Cutting their teeth in the New England music scene, Happy Just to See You first formed in late 2017. In the autumn of 2018 the band was forced to press pause as lead singer and songwriter Evan Benoit was involved in a life-threatening accident, being hit by a car and pinned to a tree. Eventually relearning to walk, Evan and the band were able to hit the studio and record their self-titled debut, which came out in the summer of 2019.

In the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, the band was able to make their second record, 2024’s Ways to Cope. A meditation on the accident that almost took Benoit’s life, the release saw the band level up in every regard: their songwriting, performance, and even compositions. Touring the northeast in support of the album throughout 2024 and 2025, the band honed its sound, pulling influence from 90’s alternative, 00’s indie rock, alt country, and even punk in an effort to craft their own unique vision.

On their upcoming third record, 2026’s Last Week’s Horse, Happy Just to See You continues to reach new heights. Across the record’s eleven tracks there is a lively and palpable energy that colors each song in different shimmering hues. From the raucous hoedown of “Rat U Out”, the spit-fire punk heat of “Phone Book” to the folkloric and cathartic heartbeat of “Everything I Am”, the band sets its sights on making something worth experiencing.