I love the Sunday’s music and they seem like really nice people. However, whoever thought having an interview show where the host and guests eat during the interview? Bad idea, glad it didn’t becoming a normal thing.
Don't know why this is in my usual feed - but what a lovely song. Glad I got the chance to hear it. There's a lot of promise here and I hope greater things come from it.
Nathanael Caedmon too pure for this World... I love you buddy...my only son... I miss you with all my heart.... What's left of it... Never be the same...
Despite what David says here about their home recording studio, Harriet & David never made another album after Static & Silence, and the Sundays have been dark for 25 years. My impression is that the 3rd album wasn't at the same standard of the first two, and perhaps they made it with the express intent of cashing out and retiring...
I was 17 when their first album was out. I still often listen to it…. And even after several hundred listens it’s still sounds just as wonderful. I’d love them to reform, but part of their magic should stay as it was. Charming people who made beautiful music.
"when you're searching your soul, when you're searching for pleasure, how often pain is all you find. But when you're coastin' along and nobody's tryin too hard, you can turn around and like where you are". These words shaped my life. I'll never forget them.
Harriet's voice and the swirl of David's guitar playing encouraged me through some moments of loss of a relationship (I was at a really loose end). The other guys in the band possibly didn't get the recognition in the press they deserved (mainly because of the fact that David and Harriet were an item, also there are few bands who promote the bassist or drummer), but as a band they were all fantastic. I'm still in love with the song Goodbye, so well crafted and played. I notice Harriet has a Bristol accent when singing (e.g. "Am I cold or just a little bit waaarm"), she studied in Bristol at the same time as David, so perhaps that's a factor.
I have a lot of respect for artists who find themselves in a position of success after producing something great, but recognise that they want to move on from the music biz and explore other parts of life. I'm sure they loved making music but it does become work in the business and that can kill your enthusiasm. It's hard to make inspired music when the passion isn't there. To keep it alive you have to make big sacrifices and be completely obsessed and driven. I bet the home studio was an attempt to reduce the sacrifice required but it just didn't solve the fundamental problem. Making things more convenient doesn't help when at the end of the day your heart isn't in it any more. On top of that, you age, fashions change, life happens. Props to them for recognising it was time to move on. It's a dignified and mature decision to make and they already gave us enough.
