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A body of work that spans from “Small Town Computer Crash” (2005) to “the Revival” (2014) to “Echolocationism” (2026).

A colorful advertisement poster featuring two cartoon astronauts standing on a black background with stars, with rainbow-colored clouds and planets at the corners and a large yellow text reading 'POW!'. The author's name, Ben Laba, is in pink text at the bottom.

“Doin’ Life” - Labatique Music 2024

When the World Runs Out of Tomorrows
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Pocket Full of Stars
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Just Trying to Survive
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“Rocket Heart” Album Art - Labatique Music 2020

“Rocket Heart” - Labatique Music 2020

So Much More
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Rocket Heart
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Die Tryin'
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A colorful illustrated landscape with trees, a stream, and musical instruments, featuring skeletal figures and a frog playing a piano. The words 'Homeward' are at the top and 'Ben Labat & The Happy Devil' at the bottom.

“Homeward” - Ben Labat & the Happy Devil 2017

Set it on Fire
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The Reset Button
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Gold
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Cover art for the album "The Revival" featuring a man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a dark jacket and a shirt, with a colorful geometric background including a large circle with dot patterns.

“the Revival” - Ben Labat & the Happy Devil 2014

Here Now
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Heartlessly Ever After
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Shadow of the Sun
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“Soapbox Anthems” - Ben Labat & the Happy Devil 2012

Picking Up Speed
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The Ordinaries
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Isthmus
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Blow You Away
Ben Labat & The Happy Devil
Picking Up Speed
Ben Labat & The Happy Devil

“A Face for Radio” - Ben Labat & the Happy Devil 2010

The Spin
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Not the Way It Goes
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VIDEO

The “Rocket Heart” video was shot by Devon Williams during the recording session at Music Shed Studios in New Orleans, LA.

"Yesterday's Clothes" is off of Ben Labat & The Happy Devil's 2nd studio album, Soapbox Anthems.  The video was shot and produced by Wylie Whitesides while walking the street of New Orleans.

Ben Labat & The Happy Devil cover Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty".