Will Tse is keen to stress that he’s not sad all the time. Anyone who comes across his music might think otherwise, but while he does find snatches of joy in life, he’s not as inclined to pick up a guitar when the sun is shining. “I do have happy days,” he insists, “I just struggle to write about them. It’s so hard to write a happy song in my head, I struggle to not make it cheesy. Hence, I write sad songs.” Listening to Daisy Brain’s newest EP, Disconnected Happy, is not meant, however, to be a completely bleak experience. In Will’s own words, it’s about finding the comedy in misery. A longtime sufferer of depression and anxiety, he knows how cathartic – essential, even – it is to be able to do such a thing, and find moments of relief from the ag...
