Grandaddy Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of ‘Sumday’ + ‘Sumday Twunny’ 4-LP Boxed Set Includes Remastered Original, B-Sides, Rarities, and Four-Track Demo Version of the Album, ‘Sumday: The Cassette Demos’ May 12, 2023
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Today, Modesto, CA’s influential indie-rock group Grandaddy have announced a 20th anniversary salute to their breakthrough third LP, 2003’s Sumday.
Sumday Twunny, a limited edition 4-LP boxed set, will be released on September 1st via Dangerbird Records. The collection includes the remastered original album alongside a complete 4-track demo version of Sumday, and Sumday: Excess Baggage, a 13-song set of rarities and B-Sides.
Sumday: The Cassette Demos is available for streaming on all platforms today, and a vinyl LP will be released on June 30th. A remastered 2-LP set of the original Sumday album will also be reissued on vinyl on June 30th after years out of print.
“After many years of hammering away at writing and recording as Grandaddy, Sumday seems to be the center of it and where it all peaked. To the journalists we were, ‘On the verge of greatness, underrated, overlooked, unsung.’ It was a tumultuous and exciting time for us for sure. Also very exhausting,” Jason Lytle said.
“Revisiting this material and reflecting on those times has been a double edged sword. Bittersweet is an apt word, I suppose. Twenty years after the fact, I’m just grateful to be alive and kicking… celebrating that moment in time by re-releasing the original album, B sides and extras of that era, and even some raw cassette demos of the album itself a sort of sketchbook/rough draft of the LP in cassette form. So be it then. ‘On the verge of greatness, underrated, overlooked, unsung.’ This is what all of that sounds like. I’ll take it.”
Grandaddy formed in 1992 and have released five official LPs, most recently 2017’s Last Place. Grandaddy members include Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Tim Dryden, and the late Kevin Garcia, who passed away in 2017.
Praise for Sumday:
“While the melodies have grown catchier and the arrangements more focused, [Jason] Lytle has leapt into the lyrical big leagues with unassuming songs about entropy and epiphany.” – Rolling Stone
”Sumday is all glorious, throbbing heart.” – Pitchfork
“A warm and deeply engaging snapshot of fractured relationships and existential dread.” – Spin
“As the concerns that drive Lytle’s lyrics lift out, the well-known tremulous quiver and fragile vocals become increasingly irreplaceable, the perfect medium for songs about articulating the intangible.” – Mojo
Sumday Twunny
4-LP Boxed Set Release Date: September 1, 2023
Tracklist:
Sumday
A1. Now It’s On
A2. I’m on Standby
A3. The Go in the Go-for-It
B1. The Group Who Couldn’t Say
B2. Lost on Yer Merry Way
B3. El Caminos in the West
C1. Yeah Is What We Had
C2. Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World
C3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake
D1. O.K. with My Decay
D2. The Warming Sun
D3. The Final Push to the Sum
Sumday: The Cassette Demos
A1. Now it’s on (cassette demo)
A2. I’m on standby (cassette demo)
A3. the go in the go for it (cassette demo)
A4. the group who couldn’t say (cassette demo)
A5. Lost on yer merry way (cassette demo)
A6. El Caminos in the west (cassette demo)
B1. yeah is what we had (cassette demo)
B2. Passed out in a Datsun (cassette demo)
B3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Karaoke
B4. ok with my decay (cassette demo)
B5. the warming sun (cassette demo)
B6. The final push to the sum (cassette demo)
Sumday: Excess Baggage
A1. My Little Skateboarding Problem
A2. Now it’s On (Recorded for the Colin Murray Show on BBC Radio 1)
A3. Derek Spears
A4. Gettin’ Jipped
A5. The Town where I’m Livin Now
A6. Dearest Descrambler
A7. Build a Box
B1. Trouble with a Capital T (muzak version)
B2. Sure it Worked
B3. Running Cable at Shiva’s
B4. Emit Anymore
B5. I no how you feel
B6. The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center (a gospel hymn)
Sumday: The Cassette Demos
12” LP Release Date: June 30th, 2023
Tracklist:
A1. Now it’s on (cassette demo)
A2. I’m on standby (cassette demo)
A3. the go in the go for it (cassette demo)
A4. the group who couldn’t say (cassette demo)
A5. Lost on yer merry way (cassette demo)
A6. El Caminos in the west (cassette demo)
B1. yeah is what we had (cassette demo)
B2. Passed out in a Datsun (cassette demo)
B3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Karaoke
B4. ok with my decay (cassette demo)
B5. the warming sun (cassette demo)
B6. The final push to the sum (cassette demo)
Sumday
Remastered 2-LP Set Release Date: June 30, 2023
Tracklist:
Sumday
A1. Now It’s On
A2. I’m on Standby
A3. The Go in the Go-for-It
B1. The Group Who Couldn’t Say
B2. Lost on Yer Merry Way
B3. El Caminos in the West
C1. Yeah Is What We Had
C2. Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World
C3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake
D1. O.K. with My Decay
D2. The Warming Sun
D3. The Final Push to the Sum
GRANDADDY ON THE WEB
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https://twitter.com/JasonLytle
https://www.instagram.com/jasonlytle/
CONTACT:
Dangerbird Records
Jenni Sperandeo jenni@dangerbird.com
Scott Osgood scott@dangerbird.com