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Sumday
Rock · 2003 · 12 tracks

Sumday

Grandaddy

Sun-drenched indie rock where fuzzy guitars and vintage synths create a warm, bittersweet haze. A high-fidelity exploration of suburban loneliness and digital fatigue.

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It's like The Beach Boys if they grew up in a California suburb obsessed with broken synthesizers.

A sun-drenched, bittersweet reflection on the passage of time and the loss of simplicity.

Sumday · vs · Grandaddy
Golden Hour+4.0σ

Golden Hour saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Now It’s On
4:09
02
I’m on Standby
3:12
03
The Go in the Go-For-It
3:40
04
The Group Who Couldn’t Say
4:04
05
Lost on Yer Merry Way
6:21
06
El Caminos in the West
3:22
07
“Yeah” Is What We Had
3:45
08
Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World
3:52
09
Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake
3:44
10
O.K. With My Decay
6:11
11
The Warming Sun
5:44
12
The Final Push to the Sum
4:23
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive burst of fuzzy guitars and bright synths that kicks off the opening track
The heartbreakingly simple vocal refrain in the middle of Yeah Is What We Had
The way the arrangement swells into a lush, orchestral folk finale on The Warming Sun
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