Sunday Sun

The perfect Sunday? One with no obligations and endless possibilities, when you open the curtains and the morning sun shines to greet you. Sunday Sun has written the perfect soundtrack for summery days with timeless pop songs to fall in love with. Modest odes with catchy melodies, universal lyrics and a positive state of mind, in the classic tradition of the British Invasion and distinguished pop craftsmen such as Tom Petty, Crowded House and The Shins, with vocal harmonies worthy of the Beach Boys' approval. Sunday Sun is the spiritual brainchild of four young veterans: Koen-Willem Toering (Woost), Yoshi Breen (RubyQ), Wouter Rentema (GEM, Laura Jansen) and Jan Teertstra (Wooden Saints, Laura Jansen) have earned their stripes many times over. They found each other in their mutual love for succinct pop songs with substance; songs that can spontaneously make you smile but can also burrow their way into your heart. Their first single, Highly Respected Rebel, has already lured the likes of 3FM to declare Sunday Sun their newest Serious Talent. There is so much music simmering within Sunday Sun that this ambitious band will be releasing three EP's before the close of 2012. Sunday Sun was conceived the way most legends are: during a legendary night at the bar. Former Rock Academy colleagues Koen-Willem Toering, Yoshi Breen and Wouter Rentema experience a night out that the good friends will still be talking about ten years from now. As the early morning Sunday sun gently rises, the three inebriated friends decide that making music in the spirit of the past evening is worth a go. The idea is as devoid of pretention as it is ambitious for these seasoned musicians: write concise pop songs with a narrative that never bores, and doesn't stray beyond the three-minute mark. Song-crafting like the Beatles did and The Shins still do. Jan Teertstra is asked to join on bass guitar, and from that point on the idea takes on a life of its own. The two frontmen Toering and Breen try to trump one another with creative ideas, and before long they've written more than thirty songs at the kitchen table. The common denominator in all of the songs is a positive mind-set. 'All four of us are in a certain stage in our lives, a good phase, and we want to express that. The response is good; during our first show in Leeuwarden-on a Sunday in the sun-all I saw were smiling faces looking back at us. That's exactly what we're going for: entertaining people and making them feel good.' Sunday Sun is Serious Talent on 3FM and the single Highly Respected Rebel has just been released. EP1 will be released in July. Sunday Sun is: Wouter Rentema – drums/vocals Jan Teertstra – bass guitar/vocals Yoshi Breen – guitar/keys/vocals Koen-Willem Toering – guitar/vocals www.sundaysunmusic.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.