Another Sunny Day

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox musical artist Another Sunny Day was an indie pop solo project of Harvey Williams, signed to Sarah Records. Williams later recorded two albums under his own name.

History

The band was a solo project for Harvey Williams (born in Newlyn, Cornwall), started while studying at Plymouth Polytechnic in 1986.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Another Sunny Day", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Template:ISBN</ref><ref name="White">White, Michael (2015) Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records, Bloomsbury Academic, Template:ISBN, pp. 69 et seq</ref> Williams graduated and then pursued a career in music.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="White" /> Williams signed a deal with Sarah Records and the first Another Sunny Day release was the "Anorak City" flexi-disc in April 1988, which came with the Are You Scared To Get Happy? fanzine, and was named 'Single of the Week' by NME.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="White" /> The debut single proper was "I'm in Love with a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist", released two months later, which was again named 'Single of the Week'.<ref name="White" /> Williams relocated to London in early 1989.<ref name="White" /> The next release was in May 1989 – the "What's Happened?" single, followed later that year by "You Should All Be Murdered" and a limited 7-inch single on Bob Stanley's Caff label, with a cover version of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Genetic Engineering".<ref name="Strong" /> While Williams recorded alone, he was joined by friends including Bobby Wratten, Michael Hiscock and Matthew Drummond for live shows.<ref name="Gunnarsson">Gunnarsson, Tommy (2002) "Interview: Harvey Williams", Penny Black Music, 11 May 2002. Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref> A couple more singles preceded the only Another Sunny Day album, London Weekend. Williams then joined Blueboy, before recording under his own name, releasing one album on Sarah and one on Shinkansen Records, and later went on to collaborate on several records by other groups including The Field Mice (for whom he became a permanent member) and The Hit Parade.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="White" /> Harvey Williams was working at the BBC in 2002, while also a member of Trembling Blue Stars.<ref name="Gunnarsson" />

Cherry Red Records re-issued the London Weekend album in August 2009; This release included six additional tracks: "Genetic Engineering", "Kilburn Towers", "It's OK If You Don't Love Me", "The Boy From St Ives", "I'm In Love With a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist" (four-track version), "Things Will Be Nice" (four-track version).<ref>Reed, John (2009) "Another Sunny Day – London Weekend", Record Collector, Issue 369, December 2009</ref>

Discography

Singles

Title	Release date	Label	Notes	UK Independent Singles Chart<ref name="Lazell">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Anorak City"	1988	Sarah	6" flexi-disc
"I'm in Love with a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist"	1988	Sarah		12
"What's Happened"	1989	Sarah		19
"You Should All Be Murdered"	1989	Sarah		15
"Genetic Engineering"	1989	CAFF
"Rio"	1990	Sarah
"New Year's Honours"	1992	Sarah

Albums

• London Weekend (1992) Sarah - compilation

Compilation appearances

• "I Want You" on Something's Burning in Paradise (1988)

as Harvey Williams

• Rebellion (1994), Sarah
• California (1998), Shinkansen

with The Hit Parade

• Sixteen Weeks (1993), Polystar