The Sundays

The Sundays were an influential British indie group of the late 1980s and 1990s. Singer Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin formed the band in college at Bristol, soon adding bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan.

The Sundays were an influential British indie group of the late 1980s and 1990s. Singer Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin formed the band in college at Bristol, soon adding bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan.

Drawing comparisons with The Cocteau Twins and The Smiths, the band was widely heralded by the British music press after its first single, "Can't Be Sure", was released in 1989. The band achieved a measure of success in 1990 with its debut album, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, which went gold in the UK and US. Subsequent albums Blind (1992) and Static and Silence album (1997) also went gold in the US, though still moderately acclaimed. The band's music, whilst not ground-breaking, is characterised by Wheeler's icily beautiful voice, 'jangly' guitars and suspension-rich harmonies.