The Sundays

The Sundays
singer Harriet Wheeler
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Alternative Dream Pop Indie pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums
Years active	1988–1997
Label(s)	Rough Trade Geffen Parlophone
Associated acts	Jim Jiminee Departure Lounge
Members
David Gavurin Harriet Wheeler Patrick Hannan Paul Brindley

The Sundays were a British alternative pop group. The band, formed in the mid-1980s, released three albums of material in the late 1980s and 1990s. Their music is characterised by singer Harriet Wheeler's "dreamy" voice, David Gavurin's rich and jangly guitar sound, and suspension-rich harmonies.

Contents 1 Career 2 Band members 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 Footnotes 5 External links

Career

The band's genesis came with the meeting of Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin at university in Bristol. Wheeler had played gigs with the band Jim Jiminee ^{[1][dubious – ]}. The duo soon augmented the band with bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan. The Sundays were widely heralded by the British press after early gigs in London in 1988, drawing comparisons with Cocteau Twins and The Smiths. The group's first single, "Can't Be Sure", was released in 1989 and was voted number one in John Peel's Festive Fifty that year. The band achieved a measure of success in 1990 with its debut album, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, which went gold in the UK and U.S. Subsequent albums Blind (1992) and Static and Silence (1997) also went gold in the United States. Gavurin formed a friendship with the comedian David Baddiel when growing up in North London, which would lead to the Sundays providing the song "Another Flavour" (sans vocals) from Static and Silence as the theme tune to the Newman and Baddiel in Pieces TV series. The band has been on a lengthy hiatus since the release of Static and Silence; Wheeler and Gavurin are focusing on raising their two children.

Band members

• Harriet Wheeler - Vocalist - born 26 June 1963.
• David Gavurin - Guitarist - born 4 April 1963.
• Paul Brindley - Bassist - born 6 November 1963.
• Patrick (Patch) Hannan - Drummer - born 4 March 1966, in Lymington, Hampshire.

Discography

Albums

• Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (1990) UK #4, US #39
• Blind (1992) UK #15, US #103
• Static and Silence (1997) UK #10, US #33

Singles

Year	Song	UK Singles Chart	US Modern Rock	Album
1989	"Can't Be Sure"	45	–	Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
1990	"Here's Where the Story Ends"	–	-	Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
1992	"Love"	–	2	Blind
1992	"Goodbye"	27	11	Blind
1997	"Summertime"	15	10	Static and Silence
1997	"Cry"	43	Unknown	Static and Silence

Footnotes

External links

• Sundays Spanish page tribute
• The Sundays' complete discography
• The unofficial site for The SUNDAYS
• The Sundays Lyrics Site (full song list)
• Arithmetic - Where every day is like SUNDAY
• Sirens of Song - Harriet Wheeler
• The SUNDAYS Extra Room
• Great Lost Albums: The Sundays
• The SUNDAYS tablature (and chord progressions)
• The Sundays on MySpace (fan page)
• Paul Brindley's official website
• bandWAGON tour management company run by Patch Hannan