Sundials/Tatlins Tower Split - “Assailant”/”Socialism in America” respectively

RVA loves Sundials, and so it’s great news that the band has a new split 7” out with Tatlin’s Tower. It is being released through Kiss of Death Records.  You can preview one song from each band now.  Sundials’ “Assailant” is a midtempo song with melodic verses.  Lead singer Harris Mendell’s borderline falsetto is very prominent in the mix and cuts through you with each syllable.  “What could have drawn assailants here?  I don’t want to think about it…”

Here is “Dan Worships the Devil,” the other Sundials track on the split (as furnished by Tatlin’s Tower).  It’s a bit looser and trashier - just like the devil himself:

photo by Jake Cunningham

Catch Sundials before they head on tour in March at a house show 3/4 with Brave Bird, The Headies, Warm Needles, and Jake Mayday.  Askapunk. 

03.07.13 - Baltimore, MD @The Bell Foundry
03.07.13 - Philladelphia, PA @ Glitoria w/ Nona
03.09.13 - Long Island, NY @ Mr. Beery’s w/ The Broosevelts, Wax Phantom
03.10.13 - Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s
03.11.13 - Willimantic, CT @ The Handsome Woman
03.12.13 - Albany @ The Icebox
03.13.13 - Buffalo, NY @ The Funeral Home
03.14.13 - Cleveland @ Now That’s Class w/ The Sidekicks
03.15.13 - Columbus @ TBA w/ The Sidekicks
03.16.13 - Pittsburgh artspace

Sundials - “New York Crunch”

Sundials has made one track available from the forthcoming album When I Couldn’t Breathe, due out September 25.  Recorded by Mike Bardzik, “New York Crunch” is a piece of pop punk perfection.  Vocal harmonies are used tastefully and the drum clatter kicks the rock up a notch. 

Sundials will be playing 8/27 @ The Camel with Nothington (Cali punks), The Haverchucks (hometown hoes) and Amateur Thieves (RVA bromantic punks).  Early show, 7 pm, $8.  All ages!

photo by gaelenharlacher

Sundials - “Completely Broken”

Sundials just released a single from the upcoming album When I Couldn’t Breathe, due out September 25th by Asian Man Records (Alkaline Trio, Lemuria, Max Levine Ens.).  “Completely Broken” sounds a little Weezer-y with its catchy, sludgy punk guitar riffs and multi-part surf-y harmonies.  Then the song breaks down into counterpoint, which word I’m not 100% sure I’m using correctly.  One set of voices sings, “Completely broken…” and the other set of voices sings other lines at a faster pace. 

photo by Joanna Moreno