Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day In Glasgow

8.5 / 10

A Sunny Day in Glasgow's latest and best album has an atmospheric, bleeding-watercolor quality that makes it sound a bit like a My Bloody Valentine record if the moodiness and pensiveness were replaced with a feeling of almost violently explosive joy.

8.5 / 10

A Sunny Day in Glasgow's latest and best album has an atmospheric, bleeding-watercolor quality that makes it sound a bit like a My Bloody Valentine record if the moodiness and pensiveness were replaced with a feeling of almost violently explosive joy.

7 / 10

8 / 10

The Brooklyn via Sydney sextet turn a three-decade tradition of wall-scraping audio difficulty into deeply enjoyable pop music.

8 / 10

The Brooklyn via Sydney sextet turn a three-decade tradition of wall-scraping audio difficulty into deeply enjoyable pop music.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow feeling rosy cheeked, fresh-faced and wide-eyed for the first time in their career.

9 / 10

8.0 / 10

For a band whose members never seem to be in the same place at the same time, A Sunny Day in Glasgow manages to create a type of harmonious musical interface that makes their distance seem inconsequential.

8.0 / 10

For a band whose members never seem to be in the same place at the same time, A Sunny Day in Glasgow manages to create a type of harmonious musical interface that makes their distance seem inconsequential.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s fourth album is a compelling, if slightly discombobulated, rock pastiche.

7 / 10

8.0 / 10

Review of Sea When Absent, the new album from 'A Sunny Day In Glasgow', the LP comes out June 24 on Lefse Records, the first single is "Bye Bye Big Ocean"

8.0 / 10

Review of Sea When Absent, the new album from 'A Sunny Day In Glasgow', the LP comes out June 24 on Lefse Records, the first single is "Bye Bye Big Ocean"

Listening to A Sunny Day in Glasgow's fourth album is like standing in the middle of a festival with music coming from all directions, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

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