10 Most Underrated 90s Indie Bands You Need To Listen To
4. The Sundays
The short-lived Sundays were a force to be reckoned with. Kickstarted by romantic pair Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin, the indie pop quartet chose their name because, as Gavurin puts it, they “liked the sound and feel of it, and because it wasn’t a name that was bigger than the music.”
Indeed, Gavurin once described their songs as “impressionistic” pieces that “don’t tell structured stories or have specific matter that can be unlocked with a magic key. . . . In the confusion, important feelings get mixed up with completely meaningless garbage.” That unconventional approach permeated all their work, especially gems like Here’s Where the Story Ends and Summertime.
For a time, they were doing well in the US and UK (they even appeared on the soundtracks for the movie Fear and the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer). However, 1997’s Static & Silence was rebuked by critics because of how it diverged from the evolving popular musical landscape. That reception, coupled with Wheeler and Gavurin wanting to settle down with their children, led to them taking an indefinite hiatus.
Sure, diehard fans remember them, but it’s time for newer generations to no longer be blind to The Sundays' briliance.