The release comes in the form of a CDR on British DIY wall noise label Void Singularity Recordings- the unlabeled CDR is presented in a minimal & lo-fi black ‘n’ white jewel case packaging- it's basic, but factional very much sticking to the DIY side of the scene. The release came in an edition of five numbered copies, or as a digital download.

The first of the two tracks is the title track, and this comes in at the 22.16. It’s a constantly searing & rapid rolling blend of murky mid-ranged feedback, rattling industrial clutter, and sustained static wash. Together these elements create a simplistic, yet brutally encasing bit of wall-noise nastiness. It’s a jolting & unforgiving bleak start to proceedings, showing this is HNW at its most raging & raw.

The second track is "Fading Laughter"- this twenty one minute track steps slightly away from the simplistic & bleak barrage of the first track, for a more building torture. The track opens with this darting-though slurred & sort of basic humming noise tone, and as the track progresses more layers of juddering, jittering, buzzing, and rattling are added on top until the original element is all but obscured.  I rather like the construction of this track- with the buoyant yet slurred semi harmonic hum getting buried deeper & deeper in industrialized walled noise- and of course it perfectly fits it’s title.

As debuts go Happiness Is An Illusion isn’t half bad, at least it’s attempting to do something fairly original with in the seared side of wall-noise. I’d say comparisons to the work of Ryne Barber(Hearse Fetish, Tomb of Trinkets & Lurid Hallway) would apt, though The Dead Yesterdays do add their own twist on the industrialized wall-noise sound.