BLACK VINYL

It took the Sundays five years to deliver their third album, Static & Silence. Five years is a long time, especially in the quicksilver world of pop music, but the Sundays sound totally unbothered by their absence on Static & Silence. Instead of sounding labored and forced, the album is gentle and effortless, as if it were recorded five months after Blind instead of five years. In some ways, that's a disappointment -- it would have been nice for the duo to show some progression, considering all of their time off -- but the record delivers the pleasant, endearing jangle pop that is the Sundays' signature sound. There's certainly nothing as catchy as "Here's Where the Story Ends" on Static & Silence, and there aren't many songs that are instantly memorable, yet the album has a quiet charm that should satisfy most longtime fans.

A1        Summertime
A2        Homeward
A3        Folk Song
A4        She
A5        When I'm Thinking About You
A6        I Can't Wait
B1        Cry
B2        Another Flavour
B3        Leave This City
B4        Your Eyes
B5        So Much
B6        Monochrome