Grandaddy announces ‘Sumday Twunny’ 20th anniversary box set

Grandaddy press photo — Credit: Chugrad McAndrews

Modesto, CA’s influential indie-rock group Grandaddy have announced a 20th anniversary salute to their breakthrough third LP, 2003’s ‘Sumday’.

‘Sumday Twunny,’ a limited edition 4-LP boxed set, will be released on September 1 via Dangerbird Records. The collection includes the remastered original album as well as a complete 4-track demo version titled ‘Sumday: The Cassette Demos,’ and a 13-song set of rarities and B-Sides titled ‘Sumday: Excess Baggage’.

Fans looking to celebrate sooner can enjoy ‘Sumday: The Cassette Demos’ streaming on all platforms now. A vinyl LP version of ‘Demos’ and a remastered 2-LP set of the original ‘Sumday’ album will also be reissued on vinyl on June 30 after years out of print.
“After many years of hammering away at writing and recording as Grandaddy, ‘Sumday’ seems to be the center of it and where it all peaked. To the journalists we were, ‘On the verge of greatness, underrated, overlooked, unsung.’ It was a tumultuous and exciting time for us for sure. Also very exhausting,” Jason Lytle said. “Revisiting this material and reflecting on those times has been a double edged sword. Bittersweet is an apt word, I suppose. Twenty years after the fact, I’m just grateful to be alive and kicking… celebrating that moment in time by re-releasing the original album, B sides and extras of that era, and even some raw cassette demos of the album itself a sort of sketchbook/rough draft of the LP in cassette form. So be it then. ‘On the verge of greatness, underrated, overlooked, unsung.’ This is what all of that sounds like. I’ll take it.”

Grandaddy formed in 1992 and have released five official LPs, most recently 2017’s ‘Last Place’. Grandaddy members include Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Tim Dryden, and the late Kevin Garcia, who passed away in 2017.

‘Sumday Twunny‘ 4-LP boxed set track list

‘Sumday’

A1. Now It’s On
A2. I’m on Standby
A3. The Go in the Go-for-It
B1. The Group Who Couldn’t Say
B2. Lost on Yer Merry Way
B3. El Caminos in the West
C1. Yeah Is What We Had
C2. Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World
C3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake
D1. O.K. with My Decay
D2. The Warming Sun
D3. The Final Push to the Sum

‘Sumday: The Cassette Demos’

A1. Now it’s on (cassette demo)
A2. I’m on standby (cassette demo)
A3. the go in the go for it (cassette demo)
A4. the group who couldn’t say (cassette demo)
A5. Lost on yer merry way (cassette demo)
A6. El Caminos in the west (cassette demo)
B1. yeah is what we had (cassette demo)
B2. Passed out in a Datsun (cassette demo)
B3. Stray Dog and the Chocolate Karaoke
B4. ok with my decay (cassette demo)
B5. the warming sun (cassette demo)
B6. The final push to the sum (cassette demo)

‘Sumday: Excess Baggage’

A1. My Little Skateboarding Problem
A2. Now it’s On (Recorded for the Colin Murray Show on BBC Radio 1)
A3. Derek Spears
A4. Gettin’ Jipped
A5. The Town where I’m Livin Now
A6. Dearest Descrambler
A7. Build a Box
B1. Trouble with a Capital T (muzak version)
B2. Sure it Worked
B3. Running Cable at Shiva’s
B4. Emit Anymore
B5. I no how you feel
B6. The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center (a gospel hymn)

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