concert / Kofola Sessions (Stanica_CLUB)

A Sunny Day in Glasgow is a dream-pop band from Philadelphia (USA), founded in 2006. Dreamy guitar sound is characterised by a bunch of samples, guitar, female vocals and melodies. Their latest album “Ashes Grammar” was put out last year by Mis Ojos Discos label. For the first time in Slovakia, they will play at Stanica as well as Tabačka in Košice. The concert is for all who like music by bands such as My Bloody Valentine or Cocteau Twins.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow began as a collaboration between friends Ben Daniels and Ever Nalens, both of whom had recently returned to Philadelphia after several years in the UK. The band name came from Nalens, who had been living in Glasgow, and Daniels kept it after Nalens left the project. In 2006, Daniels asked his twin sisters, Robin and Lauren, to start singing on the songs they had been working on. In March of that year the trio self-released The Sunniest Day Ever EP to great acclaim from college radio stations and blogs. Their debut release, Scribble Mural Comic Journal, came out February 2007 and received favorable reviews from Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound among others.

Scribble Mural Comic Journal was recorded with one microphone in a bedroom in West Philly and pushed the boundaries of dream pop often drawing comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins. During the summer of 2007 the band toured the United States including in-studios on KEXP and Radio K and released a handmade tour only EP titled Tout New Age which was subsequently released as a digitally only EP. A year later the band emerged for a performance at the Whitney Museum as part of the Wordless Music Series and an in-studio performance on WNYC. A month later they toured across the UK and France which was celebrated with a string of 7”s coming out labels as varied as Slumberland, Disjuncture and Georgraphic North. Shortly following their tour, Ruined Potential released SMCJ in a limited edition on 180 gram double vinyl. Though only playing a few shows stateside after their European tour the band shared the stage with such luminaries as Telepathe, M83 and Asobi Seksu. During the fall of 2008 the group - now comprised of guitarist/drummer Josh Meakim and cellist/vocalist Annie Fredrickson - assembled in a dance studio space in rural New Jersey to record their sophomore album. Their new album, Ashes Grammar, expands on the dream pop themes of SMCJ and finds the band experimenting with recording techniques a la Alvin Lucier. Ashes Grammar has been released worldwide on Mis Ojos Discos on September 15, 2009 and is available on a cd, as a download and on a limited edition double vinyl.

Frank Winter is a music project by British photographer and songwriter Andrew Hillard. Andy has been living and working in Slovakia for more than 5 years now. In 2008, he put out his first album “How to be alone”, followed by “The Western Sky” in 2009 (Slnko Records). Album was recorded live with the aid of a microphone and a multi-track recorder so that authentic atmosphere and the moment of creation were preserved. The songs can be taken as the author’s instant statements, as they are full of emotions, however, not sentimental.

http://asunnydayingglasgow.com
www.myspace.com/thecelebration
www.last.fm/event/1367989
www.kofola.sk

Admission: 5,00 / 3,50 € (adults / students)
Common ticket for all concerts in May (5. 5. A Sunny Day in Glasgow + Frank Winter, 17. 5. Lonely Drifter Karen + Extra Life, 22. 5. Studio Dan): 10,00 / 7,00 €
Tickets booking: rezervacie@stanica.sk, 041 - 56 23 564