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The Resurrection Of Sunny Day Real Estate
By Johnny Firecloud, September 30th, 2009
We’re headed out to kick some ass in Texas in just a few hours, and I thought I’d preface the shitstorm of awesome about to unfold with a return performance by one of the greatest Seattle bands too few people have heard of. Perhaps that’s their penance for helping spawn one of the worst musical genres since disco, but in all fairness Sunny Day Real Estate were emo before it was called emo. Before a clownishly bad fashion aesthetic came with it. Before it became appealing to the hormone herds to cry on your webcam. Anyway, the point is that they’re back – the entire original lineup – and they sound great.
Here’s their performance of Seven from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon:
Diary and LP2 have been remastered and reissued, and while the band is skirting any talk of new material so far, they’re playing live again. That’s a start.
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October 1st, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Valid point, Johnny. I remember so many people thinking that Jimmy Eat World as one if not THE originator of emo. Without getting into the whole “this band is better than that band” shenanigans, it’s nice to see SDR coming back and getting well-deserved props.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 PM
I’ve always been a fan of Nate’s playing on the Foo’s albums, but never really knew anything about SDR except the name and the reputation. I like that song. Time to give the rest a listen.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:13 PM
[...] enormous, but the anticipation continued to grow especially when I caught their performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon just a few days prior and came away impressed at how good they looked. The show didn’t let [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 1:14 AM
the term emo was coined in a thrasher magazine in the early 80s, and the first emo band ever was rites of spring
October 8th, 2009 at 6:00 AM
[...] while some may disagree, he’s been doing a pretty kick ass job. From Head Swap’s to an appearance by Sunny Day Real Estate, JFal’s been on a roll — and he’s yet to slow down. This time around, he’s [...]
October 14th, 2009 at 8:46 PM
[...] Day Real Estate is back together and touring. Don’t believe me. Check out this clip from Late Nite with Jimmy Fallon. It’s great to see one of the more influencial bands of the 90’s back together. I just [...]
December 9th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
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January 19th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
[...] and Gary Numan, who may or may not be working with Trent Reznor on a new project. Emo pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate, a personal soft spot of mine, will make an appearance as [...]