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[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Paul Brindley (bass), Harriet Wheeler (vocals), Patrick Hannan (drums) and David Gavurin (guitar)]]

'''The Sundays''' were an English IndiePop band that gained prominence throughout the 1990s with the album ''Reading, Writing & Arithmetic''. Their next two albums, ''Blind'' and ''Static & Silence'', didn't nearly match the acclaim and success of their debut, but nonetheless are highly regarded in their own rights. The band is known for lead singer Harriet Wheeler's ethereal vocals and the band's mesh of JanglePop with DreamPop.


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!!!"Here's where the tropes end":

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Blind'' appears in "24 Hours"; ''Static and Silence'' is a phrase from "Monochrome".
* BaitAndSwitch: There's one in each of the three verses of "Hideous Towns": "I joined the army / The Salvation Army", "I went into service / With the Civil Service" and "I went to the circus / Piccadilly Circus".
* CoverVersion: Their take on [[Music/StickyFingers "Wild Horses"]] was the BSide of "Summertime" in the UK and was added as the closing track on the US version of ''Blind'', and in some circles is better-known than the Stones' version.
%%* DayOfTheWeekName
%%* DreamPop
%%* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: {{Discussed|Trope}} in "I Kicked a Boy".
%%* IndiePop
%%* JanglePop
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Blind'' amps up the ethereal atmosphere featured on ''Reading, Writing & Arithmetic'', while ''Static & Silence'' has a more mainstream sound to it.
* NobodyPoops: An aversion, ''a propos'' nothing: "You're Not the Only One I Know" has the line "You'll find me in the lavatory".
* {{Pun}}: The album ''Reading, Writing and Arithmetic'' is a reference to the band's hometown, Reading.
%%* ReligionRantSong: "God Made Me" seems to be an oblique type 2 or 3.
* ShoutOut: "And it stoned me to my soul" in the song "Folk Song" is a shout out to Music/VanMorrison.
* SpeedyTechnoRemake: Inverted. The hit "dance" cover version of "Here's Where The Story Ends" by Tin Tin Out is actually the same tempo as the Sundays original.
* VocalDissonance: Based solely on her high-pitched, airy voice, it's natural to assume Harriet Wheeler is a dainty, frilly blonde. Instead she's dark-haired and more on the [[EmoTeen Emo]] side of things.

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