Sunday's Best

Sunday's Best were a four-piece emo/indie/pop punk band from Los Angeles, California that began in 1997 and broke up in 2003. They released a few EP's and two full-lengths, both of which came out on Polyvinyl. Just as a heads up, I am missing their first EP, My Very Ethos and a split with Arca and Red House Painters, though the track they contributed to that also appears on Poised To Break. They play an upbeat, catchy style of emo-pop that pairs perfectly with summer road trips, if that gives any indication as to what they sound like. Think of bright, full, distorted chords complimented by the band's dual vocals and melodic lead guitar parts. Fans of bands including Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring and Mock Orange will definitely find something to love in this underrated gem of a band. If you're new to them, I'm partial to Poised To Break, though both albums are solid efforts. Enjoy.

Sons Of The Second String (1999)

1. Sons Of The Second String

2. Winter-Owned

3. First Instinct Is To Lie

Where You Are Now (1999)

1. Too Soon To Laugh

2. Red Herring

3. You Did This

4. Truest You

5. Tracing Paper

6. Instead, He Falls

7. Homing Device

Poised To Break (2000)

1. The Hardest Part

2. Bruise-blue

3. White Picket Fences

4. Saccharine

5. Indian Summer

6. When is Pearl Harbor Day?

7. In Beat Like Trains

8. Looks Like A Mess

9. Winter-Owned

10. Congratulations

The Californian (2002)

1. The Try

2. The Californian

3. Don't Let It Fade

4. The Salt Mines Of Santa Monica

5. If We Had It Made

6. Our Left Coast Ambitions

7. Without Meaning

8. Beethoven St.

9. Bravo, But Brittle...

10. Los Feliz Arms

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