The Sundays: Blind [PARLOPHONE UK]

Why you'll love it

The Sundays' second album back on vinyl from Parlophone, the follow-up to Reading, Writing And Arithmetic. It went to number 15 in the UK and carries "Goodbye" and "Love", with Harriet Wheeler's voice as lovely as ever.

This edition

• Reissue of the 1992 album
• Eleven tracks across two sides, from "I Feel" to "Medicine"

About the album

Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin had a tough act to follow, their debut Reading, Writing And Arithmetic had made them college radio royalty, and Blind is often called their darkest and most experimental record. It's still gentle, folk-based guitar pop on the surface, but the songs drift closer to the dream-pop haze of Cocteau Twins, and the lyrics have a melancholy streak (the title comes from a line in "24 Hours").

They co-produced it with Dave Anderson, and Wheeler's voice is the centre of everything: clear, unhurried and a little bit wistful on "Goodbye", "Love" and "God Made Me". It went to number 15 in the UK. The Sundays never made many records, which is why each one is treasured. Thirty-odd years on, we still play this one on grey afternoons and nobody has ever complained.

Tracklist

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Out August 14, 2026 on Parlophone, a reissue of the 1992 album.