Static and Silence

Infobox Album |
Name = Static and Silence
Type = Album
Artist = The Sundays


Released = September 23, 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Indie pop
Dream pop
Length = 42:14
Label = Parlophone
Geffen Records
Producer = The Sundays
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e9sxlfgejcqe link]
* Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thesundays/albums/album/285280/review/5947011/static__silence link]
* Pitchfork Media (8.8/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22117/The_Sundays_Static_and_Silence link] |
Last album = "Blind"
(1992)
This album = "Static and Silence"
(1997)
Next album =

"Static and Silence" is the third full-length album by The Sundays, released in the UK by Parlophone on September 22, 1997, and in the U.S. by Geffen on September 23, 1997. Perhaps the best-known song from the album is "Summertime", which saw wide airplay on college radio stations and is still periodically heard on the airwaves.

The title to this album is a reference to the lyric of the last track, Monochrome. Guitarist and leader David Gavurin says that at this point the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler have been influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album that folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and 60's French movie music.

Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, also joined the Sundays during their UK and U.S. album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.

Track listing

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

# "Summertime" – 3:33
# "Homeward" – 3:48
# "Folk Song" – 3:04
# "She" – 3:06
# "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
# "I Can't Wait" – 2:22
# "Cry" – 4:06
# "Another Flavour" – 3:18
# "Leave This City" – 4:23
# "Your Eyes" – 2:29
# "So Much" – 3:29
# "Monochrome" – 4:14

Personnel

* Harriet Wheeler — Vocals, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute orchestration
* David Gavurin — Guitar, Hammond organ, piano, percussion, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute arrangements and orchestration
* Paul Brindley — Bass
* Patrick Hannan — Drums
* Dave Anderson — Hammond organ, piano
* Kev Jamieson — Hammond organ, piano
* Martin Ditcham — percussion
* Dave Pulfreman — percussion
* Audrey Riley — string arrangements and orchestration
* Martin Green — brass and flute arrangements and orchestration

References

* [http://www.wong.ro/sundays.html The Sundays complete discography]
* [http://www.geffen.com/sundays/ Geffen Records' SUNDAYS page]