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Sunny Day Sets Fire is an Indie psychedelic pop quintet from London.

Although formed in London, the members come from different backgrounds such as Hong Kong, Italy, Canada and UK.

The band cite their influences as Wizard Of Oz, Gummo, The Beatles and Velvet Underground^[2]. Their sound has been described as "a wild and volatile flood of gorgeous, exuberant pop"^[3].

The single "Lack Of View" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie American Teen^[4]

In spring 2008 their US label Iamsound issued a remix EP featuring remixes from CSS, XXXChange from Spank Rock, The Cool Kids and Mad Decent/Diplo.

Their debut album "Summer Palace" was released in US by Iamsound on July 2008 and in UK by Wonderboat rec. on February 2009, gaining good reviews from major UK magazines (NME, Uncut, Word, Clash0.

"Adrenaline", first single from the album, was named "single of the week" by SteveLamaq on Radio 6.

Members

Mauro (vocals, guitar, drums)
Onyee (vocals, synths, percussion, drums)
Max (guitar, baritone guitar)
Ed (bass, synth)
Matthew (drums, key)

Discography

Brainless (Ltd 7", Bikabrak Records - UK, 2006)
Wilderness (Ltd 7", wi45 - UK, 2006)
Brainless EP (Iamsound Records - US, 2006)
Brainless EP (ETCH N SKETCH Records - AUS & OZ, 2007)
End Of The Road Ltd 7" (Ltd 7", Bikabrak Records - UK, 2008)
Stranger Remix EP (Iamsound Records - US, 2008)
Summer Palace (album) (Iamsound Records - US, 2008)
Summer Palace (album) (Wonderboat - UK, 2009)

References

External Links

Myspace
IAMSOUND Records
McClintock, J. Scott "Sunny Day Sets Fire Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
Mason, Stewart "Summer Palace Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation

[1] ttp://www.rockinsider.com/2008/06/sunny-day-sets-fire-come-to-la.html

[2] ttp://www.iamsoundrecords.com/artist/sunnydaysetsfire

[3] ttp://webinfront.net/?p=472

[4] ttp://asia.cnet.com/music/0,39058993,43821130p-2r,00.htm

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 The single "Lack Of View" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie [[American Teen]]<ref>http://asia.cnet.com/music/0,39058993,43821130p-2r,00.htm</ref>
-In spring 2008 IAMSOUND issued a remix EP featuring remixes from [[CSS]], [[XXXChange]] from [[Spank Rock]], [[The Cool Kids]] and [[Mad Decent]]/[[Diplo]].
+In spring 2008 their US label Iamsound issued a remix EP featuring remixes from [[CSS]], [[XXXChange]] from [[Spank Rock]], [[The Cool Kids]] and [[Mad Decent]]/[[Diplo]].
 Their debut album "Summer Palace" was released in US by Iamsound on July 2008 and in UK by Wonderboat rec. on February 2009, gaining good reviews from major UK magazines ([[NME]], [[Uncut]], [[Word]], [[Clash]]0.