A Sunny Day In Glasgow

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Philadelphia, United States (2005 – present)

Fronted by identical twin sisters Lauren and Robin Daniels and masterminded by their brother Ben, A Sunny Day in Glasgow make synth-laden pop songs reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine or the Jesus and Mary Chain. Ben Daniels started making cassette recordings with the help of his friend Ever Nalens years before A Sunny Day in Glasgow got together. Nalens moved to Glasgow from 2002 to 2004 in order to go to art school, and Daniels moved to London about a year later. They started collaborating again after Ben returned in the summer of 2005, but Nalens abandoned the project after a couple months. Daniels continued to write songs, asking his sister Robin to take over the vocals. Lauren was brought in as a vocalist a few months later, and the group started recording tracks in Ben’s West Philadelphia apartment and at their parents’ house in the suburbs.

They put some of the tracks together and released them as an EP, called The Sunniest Day Ever, in March 2006. The EP charted at number one on New York’s WNYU, the songs started bouncing around online, and soon enough Pitchfork gave the first track on their EP, “C’mon,” a four-star rating. Indie labels started to pay attention, and the group snagged a record deal with Notenuf Records in October 2006. Their first full-length record consisted of tracks recorded between January and August of 2006, and was scheduled for release in February 2007.

1	Wake Up Pretty full track	294
2	No. 6 Von Karman Street full track	261
3	5:15 Train full track	251
4	A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons full track	238
5	Our Change into Rain is No Change at All (Talkin' 'bout Us) full track	208
6	Ghost in the Graveyard full track	206
7	The Horn Song full track	176
7	C'mon full track	176
9	Things Only I Can See full track	175
10	Lists, Plans full track	171
11	The Best Summer Ever full track	158
12	Panic Attacks are what Make Me "Me" full track	97
13	Watery (Drowning is just Another Word for Being Burried Alive Under Water)	86
14	Watery (Drowning is just Another Word for Being Buried Alive Under Water)	46
15	Laughter (victims) full track	38

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ironflippy wrote:
last month

Sounds even better on my studio monitors!

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optimistic_tour wrote:
last month

C'mon!

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axephone wrote:
last month

so fucking awesome

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optimistic_tour wrote:
last month

Well yeah, on a laptop headphones kill those tiny speakers. On my surround system I can hear much clearer than even headphones (I can afford) with the right settings. And C'mon sounds wonderful throbbing the whole room with it's wiggly basslines..

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gunterheidrich wrote:
last month

Right decent. Had no idea you were just in my back yard at home in Philly these last few years. I'll try to catch a gig sometime.

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l0v3parade wrote:
July 2008

i was just pointing out that their music has elements you cant really appreciate with out headphones (which i dont have on my laptop). Love their stuff :)

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Fevered17 wrote:
July 2008

These guys just blew my mind

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-echo- wrote:
July 2008

New A Sunny Day in Glasgow single to coincide with their European tour can be bought here: http://disjuncturerecords.bigcartel.com

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nancykitten wrote:
July 2008

Truly dreadful song titles.

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nebuchadnezzar3 wrote:
July 2008

i want a new album, dammit!

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parisianlover wrote:
July 2008

kiss

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rigoisphat wrote:
June 2008

need moar

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djnonplus wrote:
June 2008

I checked these guys out because they were listed as similar to Working For A Nuclear Free City. I guess musically, its kind of close but these guys are great in their own right.

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Amoide wrote:
June 2008

they are really good.

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pecusita wrote:
June 2008

just saw them live... awesome :)

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optimistic_tour wrote:
June 2008

not all great music is better on headphones. some is best when fucking LOUD and live. not this, though. it's headphone music.

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agrandemartasan wrote:
June 2008

Love the name <3

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TheGarbage wrote:
June 2008

LOL "A Sunny Day in Glasgow"? I'm from Glasgow and I've never heard that phrase before in my life :)

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magtrio wrote:
June 2008

pretty shit.

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rickardo89 wrote:
June 2008

Pretty good.

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