I was exposed to #sunnydayrealestate debut "diary" upon its release and I turned my nose up at it without ever listening to it. It was on Subpop so I assumed it was more grunge that I could give a rat's ass about. Remember, this was 1994 and we were up to our eyeballs in poets in flannel. About two years later I was lounging on the floor of a friends Brooklyn apartment and "lp2" was washing over me. Maybe it was the experience of a NYC weekend that called for a soundtrack, maybe it was the mimosas and breakfast burritos or maybe if I had paid attention to the first album I could have been humming along (singing along is near impossible because the lyrics are incomprehensible and it's the stuff of legends). I backtracked and bought "diary" and played these two records until Jeremy enigk's nasal voice became a running joke amongst m6 roommates back home. As with most discographies your entrance point is usually your favorite and it's no different here. While they haven't put out a bad album this is the one I'll grab first off the shelf. Oh yeah, these guys created emo. So love them or hate them for it this is as good as that gets.
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