Gertjan Van Hellemont's love for that American roots and indie folk music can once again take center stage on Happy Pt. 2, the new album by Douglas Firs, with a prominent role for Bart Vervaeck's wailing pedal steel. It's been a while. Since 2015, when Douglas Firs secured a place in Studio Brussel's De Afrekening and Vox on Radio 1 with some singles from The Long Answer Is No, and on the stage of Pukkelpop, when it really started for Douglas Firs. Then came Cactus Festival, Dranouter, Down The Rabbit Hole, Here Comes The Summer, Boomtown, and a whole bunch of other festivals and clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. 

The previous two albums were mixed in Louisville, Kentucky, but meanwhile, Kevin Ratterman's had moved to L.A., where Gertjan had never been.