The Sundays’ celebrated 1997 dream pop traditional, Static & Silence, is out now as a 1LP 140-gram black vinyl version, remastered by Justin Perkins at Thriller Room Mastering. This vinyl re-release comes with a printed poly-lined sleeve that includes unique album lyrics.
Initially launched within the U.S. on September 23, 1997, Static & Silence is the third album from the beloved ‘90s band. The album features the singles “Summertime” and “Cry,” as well as other fan favorites “Monochrome,” “When I’m Considering About You,” and plenty of others.
The indie-pop act’s third album was celebrated upon launch, because of sharp singles just like the aforementioned “Summertime,” which was truly impressed by a number of of the bands’ buddies becoming a member of a courting service.
In an archived Billboard function, the band famous that: “people can really oppress themselves with that mythic picture of romance, so we just wanted to address in a tongue-in-cheek way that the easily gained perfect partnership is indeed a myth.” A U.Okay. High 20 hit on launch in 1997, the tune additionally carried out strongly all over the world and it stays one in every of The Sundays’ most liked tracks.
Elsewhere, on the guitar-led “Cry,” lead vocalist Harriet Weaver tells the story of a dissolved relationship together with her signature mix of honesty and vivid descriptors: “And I’m standing on a platform/ Now I’m staring from a train/ And all the trees roll back beside, but I’m so oblivious/ To the dark, to the light/ It’s all the same.” Synths present loads of emotional ammo as she provides in the course of the pre-chorus: “You gave me so much/ And now it’s of the earth.”
Order The Sundays’ Static & Silence on vinyl now.
