Sunday's Best was an American

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band formed in 1997.

History

The band's start came at

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's famous college radio station, where guitarist Ian Moreno, singer/bassist Ed Reyes, and drummer Tom Ackerman (formerly of Skiploader) all worked at in the late 1990s. Moreno and Reyes started the band with singer/guitarist Pedro Benito, a friend of Reyes's, and recorded the band's first 7" single in 1998, before recruiting Ackerman to play drums. In 1999, they put out their first EP, the seven-song ''Where You Are Now'', and in 2000, they followed with their first LP, ''Poised to Break'', on

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. In 2002, their second album ''The Californian'' appeared, showcasing the group's cleanest pop sound yet. The band slowly parted ways over the next few years, though frontman Ed Reyes and guitarist Ian Moreno have since started a new band,

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. Benito plays in

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while James Tweedy played in

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. Tom Ackerman joined Post-Hardcore band, The Kite-Eating Tree.

Song usage in the media

Sunday's Best has appeared frequently in the ''

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'' series of games, which were released on the

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. The songs featured include "Don't Let it Fade" and "Our Left Coast Ambitions," and are believed by fans of the band to "add new highs" to the gameplay. "Brave, but Brittle..." was featured in the Xbox game ''

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''. The song "Without Meaning" appears in the film '' Waiting...'' and many other tracks have appeared on the short-lived

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s '' Clone High USA'' and ''

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''. Sunday's Best have also been heard during Fox show '' The Loop'', during the episode "Bear Drop Soup". The song featured in that episode is "Indian Summer". In the popular

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series "Saccharine" can be heard playing in the background of a party in the episode Keg!Max! from season three.

Discography

* ''Where You Are Now'' ( EP) (1999,

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) * ''

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'' (2000,

) * '' The Californian'' (2002, Polyvinyl)

External links

Sunday's Best on Altsounds.com
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