I first heard of The Sundays from my brother Matt, who also writes on this blog. He was dating his wife at that time and she owned their second album, "Blind" and I decided to "borrow it". This happened quite often with my brother's or sister's CD's. I'd borrow them and end up keeping them for a long time. It wasn't that I'd listen to it a little bit and let it sit there. I'd listen to them everyday all of the time. Remember, computers didn't readily have music at your finger tips, if I didn't have the CD, I couldn't listen to it. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, so I'd borrow them until I could scrounge up enough money to go buy it a store.
Anyway, got a little sidetracked. I listened to their second album after I got the CD from my brother who was borrowing it from my soon to be sister-in-law. I snagged it after hearing it during a trip to Yellowstone back in 1994 and they immediately became my favorite band at the time. I soon discovered The Sunday's first album "Reading Writing and Arithmetic" and listened to it heavily during the summer of 1996. I played it on repeat when I worked as a courier taking medical records from clinic to clinic. It also was the main theme during a church youth group getaway. I listened to the song "Skin and Bones" over and over during that week.....while my friend Ryan played the Mission Impossible Soundtrack over and over, ha! The album "Blind" doesn't have as many specific memories, but is equally as good as the first. The combination of Harriet Wheeler's lovely vocals and David Gavurin's crisp dream poppy guitar riffs are incredible. Their last album was made five years after their second album and wasn't quite as good, but still had some great standouts.
They had initially called it quits due to Harriet and David (who are married) raising their two kids. One is out of high school now and the other one is just starting high school, so it makes sense that they would start to collaborate again.
If this reunion actually happens, I will fly to wherever they are closest to see them. They were definitely one of my favorite bands for many years.
Here is the article about their possible reform:
Stereogum: The Sundays
Here is the song "Hideous Towns" from their first album that I love:
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