The Sundays: One of the MOST OVER- HYPED BANDS of the EARLY 90’s?

The Sundays: One of the MOST HYPED BANDS of the EARLY 90’s!

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The Sundays shared some similarities with the band Mazzy Star. While The Sundays were british and mazzy star were American, Both groups were fronted by women and the attention of the bands, rested on the vocalist and guitarist. Both groups took long hiatuses were also known for being press-shy. That’s where the story ends. After only a handful of shows, the Sundays were getting splashed on the front covers of the british weeklies and were being heralded as the next big thing They weren’t part of any particular scene and literally came out of nowhere, but then, they disappeared. It was fitting that frontwomen Harriet Wheeler and guitarist david gavurin’s favourite movie was Stranger Than Paradise, a perfect metaphor because there are long stretches where nothing happens.. Today let’s take a look at whatever happened to the british group the sundays.
The history of the Sundays begins with guitarist and founding member David Gaverin, the son of an accountant. He grew up in Wembley and started playing guitar in high school telling Florida Today “i was part of the adolescent post--punk anyone in high school can be in a band phenomenon ” His high school bands ultimately went nowhere and and stopped playing guitar while when he started attending bristol university to study French and Spanish in the mid 80’s.. While attending the university he met his better half Harriet Wheeler, the daughter of an architect and teacher who was studying english literature. The first twenty years of there life, they grew apart, David is from wembley while harriet is from Reading. They would be introduced to each other through mutual friends and started dating. Wheeler would tell Billboard “i’m sure we annoyed our neighbours sitting on garden walls talking about all the absurd things you talk about when youre in your 20s and drinking too much and smoking an inordinate amount of roll ups.
Wheeler had went through a similar phase like Gaverin, playing in high school bands. One of her earliest influences was the Jackson 5 whom she used to sing along to, tinking she was michael jackson.. It was the tail end of their time at Bristol that Gaverin once again picked up the guitar. The idea was just to create music for something to do. He also thought that maybe he could be a working musician so he wouldn’t have to deal with getting a real job, but rock superstardom or a record deal was the furthest thing from his mind. He would tell the American press ” ‘we were unsure of ourselves in the beginning of whether we really had something. That’s maybe why people who work with us call us perfectionists.”
The pair soon invested in a drum machine, a bass guitar and a four track recorder and began writing and recording songs. ' Next, they turned their attention to playing live shows, but they needed to find two musicians to replicate their recordings. Gavarian would recall “We picked friends of ours we weren’t looking for people to contribute musically . we didn’t want to put ads in music papers saying we wanted anybody to play with us.” They would enlist fellow bristol students bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Patch Hannan..
The Sundays music was dreamy and ethereal and by their own admission full of unusual rhythms Gavurian would tell Florida Today “we set out to write songs that don’t feel like every other songs you’ve ever heard. They aren’t completely conventional. We tend to follow slightly unusual rhythms. ”
As for the lyrics Gaburian would add "I'll put down a lyric and Harriet will write the next line," "I admit it's kind of weird, since I don't know how many other writers work that way. But it works for us."We like that a perso

[sJayOfficial]

They are some of the nicest people i had the pleasure of meeting. They were on their first us tour and i was able to get a press pass. I took photos and sold my pics to a few magazines and got to know them by following some of the us tour. I kept in touch with Paul the bassist for a bit. They all signed a promo poster for me when they left LA. Humble, talented, genuine lovely people. Thats what i remember.

[ivanterrible]

Harriet has one of the most ethereal and beautiful voices ever recorded.

[sundaypikachu]

I'm a longtime fan, but I've never heard The Sundays referred to as overhyped. If anything, severely underrated so that might explain any downvotes you get. 😉 Sundays fans are very protective and defensive of our little golden goose, Harriet. 🥰😍 Even to this day, I still search for any tidbit about Harriet and the band. They did say they would come back once their 2 kids grew up, and both already graduated university (excl. post grad studies). I'm sure they know they are still loved. Elijah Wood posts annually on Twitter about waiting for their return. David Baddiel (David Gavurin's friend) always gets asked about them and when they are coming back. It's insane that I and other Sundays fans still hold out hope they may return, but we do.

[jmclivaudais]

Over-hyped? Hell no. Underappreciated, yes.

[monsterguyx]

I still throw on "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" every now and then, usually on rainy days. Wheeler's voice instantly transports me to another time & place.

[fratboy]

One of my favorite bands! Only 3 albums. Wished they would continue

[DarmokAtTanagra]

Perhaps you mean it some other way but "over-hyped" suggests that their popularity was/is undeserved. That's preposterous. Those songs are iconic.

[brucifer]

Reading Writing and Arithmetic is a masterpiece imo still listen to it regularly never gets old..

[littlejimmy]

I think "The Sundays" always kept their heads. I was part of a tiny music video show back in the 90's, the corporate 'music business' can be pretty gross. The band was so smart to not let themselves be exploited (which can hard to resist because the money gets pretty big).

I'd love to hear new music, but deep down I think I understand what they did. They have a family now, and that's what's important to them.

[KiloEcho]

I first heard “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” from a friend’s older sister who was home from college in 1990. I was hooked immediately, and with me being an indie rock/punk/hip-hop kid, the music was so beautiful and jangly that I loved them immensely. When “Blind” came out in ‘92 I knew this band was going to be a part of the fabric of my life. Saw them in ‘93 and when I went to college the Fall of that year they were a huge piece of my early college days. When “Static & Silence” was released I picked it up immediately and, strangely enough, thought this was probably going to be the last album we got from them. And it was. To this day, as much as I wish we’d have gotten more from them, the sublime beauty and sheer art we got from those albums is good enough for me. Great video as usual and I think that once again you’ve shown that you have one of the best music music doc channels on YouTube!

[wallyr.]

Still to this day, Harriet is my all-time favorite female vocalist 🥰

[AntonioLopez-rnto]

From your appreciation in the video I conclude you make an error in the title. You meant underrated. Severely missed and underrated.

[rudimerm]

They never vanished. They just never sold their souls.

[cepson]

This is how remarkable The Sundays were: I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard "Here's Where the Story Ends." As soon as I could, I went out and bought Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.

[darwonka]

Harriett is a public school teacher currently.

[johnsenior]

Love the Sundays they spoke to my heart.
My Blind tour shirt was stolen from my football kit bag, 3 days after gig.
32 years ago and still upset.
Music like the Sundays is more than rock and roll it's personal.

[sandijohnson]

I loved this band - still listen to them and Cocteau Twins. Morrissey and The Smiths - on the daily ❤

[jakubowskij]

Finally!! Someone brought up the Sunday i worship this band.

[PristonFestivalVids]

The Sundays made shockingly lovely music. Loved forever by us and many, many more.

[bcretty]

Loved the Sundays. They always reminded me of The Innocence Mission.