On January 17, 2024, an Instagram Reel was posted to the group’s page teasing new music featuring a drawing of a tugboat while a snippet of an unreleased song played in the background. The song “Novum Vetus” was released on January 27; it was revealed that the song originated during…
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In January 2022, a new Instagram page for Sunny Day Real Estate was set up by Goldsmith, leading to speculation that a fourth reunion of the band was imminent. This was confirmed by Spin on January 24, 2022 – with Enigk, Hoerner and Goldsmith confirmed to be involved. A North…
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After finishing their 1994 US tour, the band regrouped to begin recording the follow-up to Diary . While the events surrounding the sessions have not been publicly discussed, the band was clearly enduring internal conflict. Rumors abounded that the root cause was Enigk’s sudden conversion to Christianity . In early…
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In December 2018, William Goldsmith claimed on his Facebook page that the unfinished fifth Sunny Day Real Estate album remained “silenced, abandoned and buried within the murkiest depths of David Grohl’s sock drawer.” He would later clarify that he was referring to the Grohl-owned Studio 606 where the album sessions…
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In 2014, the band released a split 7-inch vinyl with Circa Survive on Record Store Day . The band’s only song from the 7-inch, “Lipton Witch,” was their first new material released in 14 years.
In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar, Mendel stated that Sunny Day Real Estate was inactive. According to Mendel, the band attempted to record a new full length after the end of their reunion tour, but the sessions “just fell apart.”
Free Throw was formed in April 2012 after the members had graduated high school and had met each other through the Nashville music scene while playing in previous bands. Vocalist Cory Castro has stated that they were initially inspired to start a band while listening to Topshelf Records artists together,…
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In 2009, the band had been making statements from the stage implying that new recorded material was on the way. In early 2010, Dan Hoerner confirmed in an interview with Australian music website FasterLouder that the band were writing a new album, and were expecting to start recording in May…
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After some speculation in 2006 and 2008, in April 2009, several web sites reported that the band had reunited with all original members. The reunion was confirmed in June 2009, by Seattle radio DJ Andrew Harms from 107.7 The End . The band toured the United States and Canada in…
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On September 29, 2009, the band performed the song “Seven” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . The band also performed at the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , and went on to play their first ever European gig on May 29 at Barcelona ‘s Primavera Sound .…
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