A true sign of growing up is the moment we realize there are truly only six days in a week. There’s the standard Monday through Friday, full of responsibilities and bores n’ chores, and then a glorious Saturday free from the shackles of what came before. A hazy mystery zone then follows, a spectre of supposed action some call “Sunday,” and during it we’re usually not sure if we’re dead or alive.
The only sign of life comes from a heavenly ‘gaze heard from here to New York City, where a band called Diary has captured a mood of unease with a gentle shimmer of a dream-state single called “Sunday’s Shadow.” The lush, kaleidoscopic guitar-rock track hit the streams yesterday (June 11), setting an aural tone for forthcoming new EP Speedboat, due out on Kanine Records.
“Sunday’s Shadow” has a transformative effect, blurring the lines of reality as we drift both mentally and physically to someplace else. And that’s by design.
“When I first heard (guitarist) Chris’ chord progression, it took me back to getting my aura photographed down on Canal Street years ago,” says Diary’s Kevin Bendis. “There’s a place you can go where they take a Polaroid and when it develops your aura appears. This time instead of a rainbow of color, there was just this splotchy cloud of red. The shop-owner described the aura as looking tired and not really there. It felt like an echo for that entire day. Sundays can be like that — you find yourself in an ephemeral place between the haze of sleep and the waking world. That’s where this song lives.”
Dive in below, and find a home for it on your playlist any day of the week.