The Sundays

The Sundays' brand of buoyant shoegazer pop earned the band considerable accolades in the British press even before the release of its heralded debut, READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. Fuelled by the evocative vocals of noted recluse Harriet Wheeler, the Bristol-born band amassed an immense following in England, as well as a presence on American modern rock radio with its borderline-Baroque melodies and hyper-literate lyrics. After five years of silence fuelled rumours of a breakup, the foursome re-wooed radio with STATIC & SILENCE.

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