Reading, Writing & Arithm

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A much more trad-sounding shuffle that echoes the “new Morrissey/Marr” comparisons, mainly due to Gavurin’s guitar. Seems to be about another doomed fling, though the progress of words from “It’s that little souvenir of a terrible year” to “… of a colourful year” suggests all shame is eventually laughed off. It was a US hit, eventually: it was never released as a Sundays UK single due to Rough Trade’s distribution collapse, but Tin Tin Out had a UK No.7 with an anaemic ‘dance’ remake in 1998. The allusion to embarrassment in a shed suggests Wheeler has either a vivid imagination or she’s not making these dalliances up. The Sundays moved to Parlophone, and followed up with Blind (1992). And, after a long hiatus due to children, Static & Silence (1997). But then they simply stopped making records. They do still write, but said to American Way: “First, let’s see if the music we’re currently writing ever sees the light of day.” Sandow, Greg (20 April 1990). "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 12 December 2011. In 1997, their third album, Static & Silence, was followed by the release of their most successful single to date, " Summertime", which made the UK top 15. The album itself reached the UK top 10. However, the band has been on a lengthy hiatus since those releases, with Wheeler and Gavurin focusing on raising their two children; Wheeler and Gavurin married after the band breakup.

Here's Where the Story Ends": "ARIA Singles Chart w/c 6-8-1990". Imgur.com . Retrieved 25 May 2019. On 10 October 2014, during an interview on BBC Radio 6 Music's Radcliffe & Maconie radio programme, David Baddiel described Dave Gavurin as his "oldest mate" and stated that "they [Dave and Harriet] are doing music, but whether they ever put that out there, I’ve no idea. They're the most paranoid people about actually putting stuff out there." [19] Don't Tell Your Mother" (b-side of "Can't Be Sure", eventually appearing also on DGC Rarities Vol. 1)

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The Sundays > Chart History > Radio Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018 . Retrieved 30 August 2018. In Neil Taylor’s 2010 book, An Intimate History Of Rough Trade, Gavurin argued – possibly joked – that The Sundays chose to sign to Rough Trade because “it was near our flat.” When the band first met RT’s co-directors Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee, who had only joined the company in 1987, immediate impressions were positive.

What really stands out is both the quality of the song-writing, which is generally thoughtful, memorable and tuneful and the vocal delivery - this album contains probably the best female vocals on any British indie album, apart from maybe Liz Fraser. The music they played that night was mesmerising. The 500 fans present realised they were witnessing something quite amazing. The Sundays > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018 . Retrieved 30 August 2018. Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > The Sundays in Australian Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 30 August 2018.Your Not The Only One I Know was a one-two punch combined with Here’s Where the Story Ends here were two phenomenally catchy and beautiful songs that drove the disc’s success. The song itself examines our inner embarrassments and habits, from talking to ourselves to reading horoscopes on the lav. Only Harriet and David could turn this song about rationalizing our neurotic tics into a thing of such beauty that it is timeless. The lovely acoustic guitar treatment and Harriet’s transcendent voice take this song to another level. The vocals are just barely tethered to the ground by Gavurin’s swirling guitar. It all sounds so very effortless, pure sonic goodness.