A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Scribble Mural Comic JournalNotenuf: 2/13/2007
Cocteau Twins basically shot their wad artistically with their 1990 masterpiece Heaven or Las Vegas, after which they departed 4AD for major-label greatness that never materialized. However, their final EP, 1995's Otherness, a collaboration with Seefeel's Mark Clifford, recycled two of their best 4AD-period songs and two adequate later songs to gorgeous effect. Had Cocteau Twins not split and had Clifford joined them permanently, they might have sounded something like A Sunny Day in Glasgow.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow are one of a number of great bands currently resurrecting the shoegaze sound of the 90s. They are not adhering to a shoegaze template wholesale, however, as they integrate elements of C86, Projekt-style darkwave, and even a little bit of ambient techno. Despite influences drawn from what many regard today as ancient history, A Sunny Day in Glasgow manage to make something unique and new. Scribble Mural Comic Journal is sure to please people who never let go of the hope that someone, someday would start making subtle, pretty music again.
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