Here's where the story begins . . .

The Sundays were formed in 1988 by guitarist David Gavurin and vocalist Harriet Wheeler while attending Bristol University in England. At the time Harriet studied English literature and David had his hands full with Spanish and French, they also got romantically intangled. The two song writers started to write some songs together and was in need of some drum & bass. Into the picture came the Bristol lads Patrick Hannan (drums) and Paul Brindley (bassist). All they needed now was a catchy name for the group. The name "The Sundays" was chosen because they wanted something simple that suited their music, and "The Sundays" was the only name the whole group could agree on .

In desperate search of a record deal The Sundays played their first ever gig at the Vertigo Club in Camden Town, London on the 20th August 1988. As a result they were signed by Rough Trade (U.K) and the David Geffen Company (U.S). In 1989 they released their debut album "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" produced by The Sundays & Ray Shulman and engineered by the highly acclaimed Alan Moulder who's other projects include Curve, My bloody valentine, Ride, Elastica and Nine Inch Nails!?! Singles released from " Reading writing and arithmetics" include: Can't be sure, Here's where the story ends and Joy. The album was a critical and commercial success and the band toured internationally in support of the album, which went gold in both the U.K and U.S.

The year is 1992 and the world has turned into an asylum. People are wearing their pants backwards and they are reading about some she-male madman who goes by the name of Brett Anderson. There are roumours that he Is God. And that The Verve's Richard Ashcroft is the devil himself, with pouting lips and enchanting music is luring innocent little girls into oblivion. The so called shoegazers rule the world. The album situation is desperate. And then The Sundays woke up after their two year sleep, winks with starry eyes and creeps out of their lair. Along side them they have their new album "Blind"(released on Parlophone in the U.K., DGC in the U.S.), eleven melodies totally impossible to sing in the shower. The music sounds like fallen autumn leaves and snow crystals. Okay, even our own David Gavurin's guitar has not entirely succeeded to avoid being influenced by those bands with only one syllable. But the truth is that "Blind" is another chapter in the book "Reading writing and arithmetic", possibly a bit darker but the album could have been recorded in 1990. Ecstacy, The EEC, Madchester, Thames Valley, The Berlin wall and Seattle slugs. It felt like time had stood still . . .

Singles released from "Blind" were: Goodbye, Love and the Rolling Stones cover Wild horses (Wild horses were only available on U.S version of "Blind") . The release of "Blind" meant another gold record in America. The band again took to the road, traversing the globe once more.

And then there were silence.

I 'll let David explain: "We toured quite a lot on the back of our last record, and that took up most of the year after that, and then we just took a bit of time off. We had a bit more of a social life again and basically did other things. Then we set up a studio and had a child."

Yes, Harriet and David's first baby daughter named "Billie" was born in February 1995.

After four years of waiting and waiting they are finally due to release their third album "Static and silence". I'll let David and Harriet explain the album in their own thoughts:

"We didn't really set out on this album with a particular musical agenda. We don't sit down and say, right this time we're going to do a jungle album. That's fine if that's what you want to do, but we just sit down and see what comes up, Gavurin said. This time round, we felt the songs needed words that had some kind of an emotional impact to them, whereas the first album was more jaunty and ironic," Wheeler said. "Forget about what you've been listening to over the last five years. Get ready for this! I'm sure Oasis are fucking scared," quipped Gavurin.

Songlist, Static and silence:

A 1) Summertime 2) Homeward 3) Folk Song 4) She 5) When I’m Thinking About You 6) I Can’t Wait B 1) Cry 2) Another Flavour 3) Leave This City 4) Your Eyes 5) So Much 6) Monochrome

Release dates:

The first single to be released from "Static and silence" is "Summertime". Release date: September.8 1997.

The Parlophone Release Date: Sept.22 1997, does not include: "so much".

Geffen Release Date: Sept. 23, 1997.

2nd Single: Cry Release date November.4 1997.