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A Sunny Day in Glasgow Announce Second Album, <i>Ashes Grammar</i>

12:06 p.m. · June 23, 2009 · by Michael Hoven

A Sunny Day in Glasgow announced a follow-up to their 2007 debut, Scribble Mural Comic Journal. After recording that album in a bedroom with one microphone, Ben Daniels brought his to a larger studio space and they used all the borrowed equipment they could get to record the new effort, Ashes Grammar. A bigger space, more time to experiment, and some lineup changes yield the results found on Ashes Grammar.

In addition to the departure of vocalist Lauren Daniels for graduate school and the arrival of cellist and pianist Annie Fredrickson, an accident left bassist Brice Hickey bedridden during recording. He still played the bass lines on the album, but his girlfriend--another vocalist in the band--reduced her studio time to care for him. The outside contributions necessary to make up for these absences, and the changes wrought by the tumult of these events, transformed the sound on the album, so don't expect a replica of their debut. However, Ben Daniels kept his reins on the songwriting, and overcoming all the obstacles in their way may have the benefit of keeping their music fresh and unexpected.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Ashes Grammar comes out September 15 on Mis Ojos Discos.