Happy To Be Here is andrew's finest half-hour. Eleven tuneful trips to the place andrew calls home, Happy To Be Here is brimming over with orchestral splendor and pop wonder. Produced by Andrew Sandoval (the very same andrew) and Brian Kehew (who is one half of the Moog Cookbook), the record features the drumming of the incomparable Ric Menck (Velvet Crush/Matthew Sweet), the melodic bass stylings of David Nolte (The Last/Maria McKee/David Gray) and guest vocals from Tom Dawes of '60s hitmakers the Cyrkle. Also guesting are keyboardist Dave Amels (Husky Team/Losers Lounge/Optic Nerve) and andrew's neighbor's cat Duke (who also makes an appearance on the album's beautiful digipak back sleeve). Happy To Be Here is a stylistic tour de force sure to please everyone who cherishes such albums as the Zombies Odessey & Oracle and the Beach Boys Pet Sounds. If you don't believe us, here's what critics said about andrew's first album: "A masterpiece" - Pop Culture Press; "Sounds like the apex of a career" - Uncut; "Superb. If you listened with a blindfold on, you might be convinced this was an unreleased follow-up to Pet Sounds." - Alternative Press; "Musically he's onto something shiny" - Q "Simply gorgeous to listen to" - Amplifier; "A better example of pure pop panache would be hard to find" - Goldmine