The Sundays : C or D

Didn't realize there was a 2nd kid.

sorry, guys, for trolling

http://www.strangewaysradio.com/blog/2014/04/22/the-sundays-reunion/

The "answer" loses the posed question which gives it context..

Just the news that they've written new music, whether they even go on tour or not, totally makes my heart swell.

the 3 song Peel session is suddenly on s0uls££k in a decent bitrate and the best quality i've ever heard it. Skin And Bones in particular sounds incredible. the album production definitely robbed them of a lot of their punch but hey that's Peel sessions for you.

Did any new stuff ever surface?

Hadn't listened to the Sundays in a while and the beauty of My Finest Hour almost brought tears to my eyes. "I'll send you letters / And come to your house for tea" recalls a world that seems nearly as distant now as the Roaring Twenties.

Every day I view ILM hoping someone has new news, or information on there whereabouts.
I Google them sometimes, but all that ever comes up is that short interview from a year-and-a-half ago. Nothing's happened since.
I check Wikipedia sometimes, and even the talk page, but no new news, or information. Ever.

They're my favorite band.

Quickly, by the way. As I am a SUNDAYS FREAK, I have a very wonderful live recording of their most obscure, unplayed, unreleased song, called "Something More". It must be from the 'Blind' era, for it sounds as if it were. It should have been on that album.

^ Message me privately and I'll send it to you. It's amazing. (I'm sure this is legal, so no worries, right?)

There's more to say, but not now.

Where are they? Where have they been? :'-((((((((((

Maybe if I start praying to St. Bimble they might return? :D

Indeed, they're incredible. I might hit you up for that mp3!

ive probably listened to Reading, Writing and Arithmetc more than any other album this yesr. I love it so much! come back Harriet!

About that lost Sundays song I mentioned a few posts ago,
It comes from: 1990-03-02 - Paard Van Troje - The Netherlands.
And, there's a flac torrent of the show which contains it floating around out there somewhere.

Nonetheless, I am extremely happy to share the mp3 version of that song with anyone!

If things are rough going, I can definitely upload both the mp3 and flac versions of that show to a one-click site.

(We don't normally trade on ILM, but, I think this is legal. I might check with a mod.)

the link(s) wouldn't be posted here, by the way. you would need to private message me.

which is the lost song?? would love to hear that.

some unusual titles on the setlist 'Turkish'?? https://www.rockinconcerts.com/the-sundays-cd-1990-03-02-den-haag-soundboard.html

I kinda wish we could institute a policy of not updating this thread unless there's new Sundays news. Because I also love them and I'm still way too hopeful that there will be news someday. I can't even believe that it's been almost twenty years without a peep!

I'd support that policy.

I'd say an unreleased track is a great justification for thread revival

2 weeks ago.
nme.
elijah wood :

'the song i cant get out of my head' : the sundays - homeward

"i'm a big sundays fan, and this is an awesome song from their final album, 'static and silence'.
i was listening to it yesterday and i've had it stuck in my head for the last 24 hours.
i want harriet wheeler to come back please.
she needs to make another record.
"

Poor David Gavurin, just as integral to the sound of The Sundays as Harriet, but never appreciated by anybody ever. I guess he's okay with it, but still. Poor guy.

He's nowhere near as attractive as Harriet.

I gave up after Blind included a poor cover version of Wild Horses. Just thought it was a shameful marketing ploy and ignored everything else they did. Also got obsessed with techno around 92 so that factored in as well. I do still love the first album and play it 5-10 times a year. Never even heard Static and Silence. I can't imagine any of their albums living up to the perfection of the debut though.

Trying to remember, and maybe I posted about this, but I could have sworn I saw them on a bill with ... Luna? In maybe 92? 93? TLA in Philly? Who headlined?

I gave up after Blind included a poor cover version of Wild Horses. Just thought it was a shameful marketing ploy and ignored everything else they did. Also got obsessed with techno around 92 so that factored in as well. I do still love the first album and play it 5-10 times a year. Never even heard Static and Silence. I can't imagine any of their albums living up to the perfection of the debut though.

I had the same reaction. "Summertime" got some airplay in '97.

Yep, February 1993. Luna opened. Don't think I recall a lick of either set!

i think i saw that tour too:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/t8Lkz4-kXQR76vVCI6JYOcNzwwGzSFJH2gQNHZmmnjS9g2gSlibJxsw3Dml3EzE_kHYaFdqCTi8hUY1T0ADP1Q4BFYbwVL1czIAsc-gNHO00GiGG7y5runSS6eMnNStaEGdCRPqTrTBlP9VnKIiE5Kg4SPAVPDvD-bs2dpOJZaEXzI_o1frK25ueYZoBYO8saUPj48iqvLX4h4nsd-0aLywWNkZeCXRlZA-Qn8qa08F3I3D2iCkieyNljNArBnQ3FtmBXdHVJ9HQFnpiM9aE6Mil9fhLYpHPJ9fPuU2bmFnW5GEhH7VVFMu06PediFGA9cEQwHz9K6rotL2mQNLCe5Ks0hBLaXj-nZJFTffWwelQ8YDDIu43cf3ZYyDCZc8qI3brXDxacvSjzMrsuZGve3YKlvcjlGPpRiZX7QSQNeHwXG2spuwB0KrcT6nfJtVE0Q67e9ysDYySCA8u6u6MuQpW5xJdKA1_HUcGO2b9an4rFQ4Y46YI9UR1rbVMxmFlhq6wsL4xq1x7HPujhDf1M_lWDjs_qR4Qqcmg6o_RQ6A=w1484-h835-no

sorry for that being so big.

Static and Silence is understated but lovely. I prefer it to Blind (though the debut is best obv).

I'd co-sign that, Tim.

Right now would be a good time for their return.

I think they need to wait for every shoegaze band to reunite first. We're almost there, though.

I think there are some misses on static and silence but Another Flavour rocketh the land. It is, as they say, my jam. Reading Writing is unimpeachable, as has been noted.

Blind is my favourite.

which is the lost song?? would love to hear that.

― piscesx, Friday, November 6, 2015 11:15 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just message me! I'll send it that way. It isn't "Turkish", it's called "Something More" (as far as we know) and is much more obscure.

Robert: a little off-topic, but if you like both ethereal goth and The Sundays, then I have to recommend the second Innocence Mission album to you 'Umbrella'. It's one of the only good Sundays imitations I've ever heard (I've given dozens of bad Sundays imitations a chance), and it has, surprisingly, at least a couple of songs that sound kind of dark. At least search "Evensong" from that album - I promise you'll like it a lot. (Nothing else by Innocence Mission besides the 'Umbrella' album sounds like The Sundays though, - just to save your time).

I gave up after Blind included a poor cover version of Wild Horses.

^ It blows my mind that anyone with properly working ears attached to their head could even say such a thing!

RE: 'Static And Silence'. Yeah, what a major comedown. If that album had come from any other indie pop band, it'd be k-classic. But, coming from The Sundays, especially after those first two albums, it was a letdown, in a way. Still v. v. good though, regardless.

--

I feel like they'll be back, someday. The brief interview from a year-and-a-half ago is slightly encouraging, and they also have their own recording studio built into their house. Honestly, I have a theory: they seem like really cool, down-to-earth people, but sort of conservative in a way? Anyway, they went on hiatus so they could raise their kids in private (we all assume - but it wasn't stated by them). My thinking is that they're still waiting for their youngest child to leave teenage-hood before they finally come back. Because; parents are never, ever cool, and they probably just don't wanna embarrass their kids by being indie rock stars, talking to the press, going on tours, etc. They probably just wanna live quietly and raise their kids normally, I figure.

Honestly, when they come back, I just hope they go wayyy back, back before S&S, and do something more abstract and dreamy as they did on the first two albums. Either that, or do a bunch of stripped down acoustic guitar/voice only songs, a la "Wild Horses".

Poor David Gavurin, just as integral to the sound of The Sundays as Harriet, but never appreciated by anybody ever. I guess he's okay with it, but still. Poor guy.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, November 7, 2015 6:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love him, as a guitar player. I hate him as a man, because he married Harriet and I didn't. Lol.
He's actually done the only good Johnny Marry impersonation that I've ever heard, on "Don't Tell Your Mother".
He's actually one of my favorite guitar players! I'd listen to him even without Harriet!

Honestly, when they come back

This guy. You're alright.

They stopped just short of the period when artists were incorporating inadvisable electronica elements into their music, and they missed the autotune era altogether, so I hope they also draw deeply from those wells.

I did think Chvrches were how The Sundays would sound with electronica.

Thread revive made me deep-listen to rrr the other night for first time in like ten years, and I can tell you Gavurin is crazy appreciated by me, at least. This is prob totally cliche, but it's guitar hero work for someone who's inclined to abhor guitar hero stuff.

Although it actually predates S&S, Frente's Shape sounds a lot like what one might imagine a more ecumenical Sundays album to sound like (and also is an excellent album).

This weekend I received my first CD copy of this album (I owned it on tape for 25 years).

x-post

i have 'marvin! the album' by frente! i always liked it and thought parts of it were sundays-esque. should i really check out 'shape'? is it before or after 'marvin'?

Shape is the follow-up and is much better IMO.

My fondest wish is to mix Tim F a cocktail and sit on a cool terrace while this album plays.

not sure if it was a deliberate homage, but the Spanish indiepop group Fine! often sounded just like Static & Silence-era Sundays, right down the vocal mannerisms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1cH-X9LIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zklL0VIHI

(I've never heard that Frente album, but I'll have to check it out)

I bought an album by Moonpools and Caterpillars because it was RIYL-ed the Sundays but I didn't see it myself.

I've been into the s/t Stretch Princess album since it came out in 1998, chiefly because it has a few songs where they channel The Sundays in subtle ways. (Stretch Princess goes full on distorto guitar in most of their choruses though.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15lof9jLSdk

very nice

i like how this thread has (temporarily?) devolved into trying to find good sundays sound-a-likes.

i have those fine! albums. i checked that band out because i thought it was a great name, but they didn't leave an impression on me :-/

The Sundays are coming back. Someday they will. Trust me. I just know it.
There is honestly no doubt in my mind that they will be back within the next 1-5 years, for reasons I mentioned upthread a little while ago.

Anyway, short of their inevitable, eventual return, this thread has nearly been done to death, for the time being. . .

Unless, however, we'd like to post/share more about good Sundays sound-a-likes. The Sundays are my favorite band times a million-billion, and I think going into depth on their best imitators would be a purposeful thing to do. (I'm always up for a good imitation/clone of my favorite band, The Sundays! (though, few exist). It seems truly odd to me, however, that some Sundays fans slag off other bands that sound a lot like The Sundays -- like, don't you want more of that Sundays sound???

So, maybe we can do that for a while, unless consensus requires another thread.

Shoestrings: "Naked"
This is a great one. I hate to just call them a Sundays imitation, for they're a fine band in their own right. And, believe it or not, I can actually imagine this song coming into being even without The Sundays having existed! But, because of the vocals, I have to rate this as probably the best Sundays sound-a-like I've ever really heard. It just sounds like The Sundays picking up from S&S with a few synth-string washes, and slightly more naiveté, for these people were younger when recording this than the Sundays people ever were on any of their albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGJY_ZyplM

I can really only think of very few other, worthy Sundays sound-a-likes. There really are a few, though (I've searched, and searched, and searched. I'll post them here later, unless we need another thread or something.

PS: The guy sings most of the songs on that Shoestrings album/most of their songs don't sound exactly like this.