This one is sourced from Scared To Get Happy : A Story Of Indie-Pop 1986-1989, a 5 x CD set issued by Cherry Red Records back in 2013.
mp3: Another Sunny Day – I’m In Love With A Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist
Another Sunny Day featured previously on TVV in April 2015 as part of a series that was anticipating the 30th anniversary of C86. Here’s what I said, along with a reminder of the tunes from that posting.
“Today’s lot are all the evidence you need to see that the C86 movement was like punk in that it inspired another generation of musicians, many of who came to be seen as representative of the movement even though they had little to do with its origins.
Another Sunny Day didn’t release any music until April 1988. It’s a cracking name for a band especially when it covers the fact there was just one member, a talented multi-instrumentalist and vocalist called Harvey Williams.
He left college to sign with a then little-known but ambitious label called Sarah Records. His first release was a flexi single that came free with a fanzine from the record label. In due course he would record a handful of further singles and a sole compilation LP for the label all of which today, like anything that was pressed up by Sarah, command high prices on the second-hand market – especially that very rare flexi/fanzine debut that has fetched as much as £180 on Discogs in recent times. Just as well then that said song was on CD 86:-
mp3 : Another Sunny Day – Anorak City
It’s a tremendous bit of music albeit, at a juncture of nearly 30 years, it feels atypical of its time and place. I’ve no doubt that those who were right at the heart of C86 and all that subsequently followed regard Anorak City as one of the most important and influential bits of music ever released. But then again, these are the folk who believe, wrongly, that C86 was the birth of indie pop.
Harvey Williams would later join The Field Mice, Blueboy and Trembling Blue Stars all of which were hugely popular bands on Sarah Records. I suppose that makes him the C86 equivalent of Malcolm Ross who was a member of three bands on Postcard Records…..
Being a flexi single there is no b-side to bring you, but here’s a track that wiki describes as Smiths-esque:-
mp3 : Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered
Smiths-esque is a bit of an understatement…..and listening to what is a truly outstanding record make me wonder why Moz didn’t pick up the phone to Harvey and ask to work with him after Johnny had upped stick and left his band…..”
The Scared To Get Happy booklet, which I wasn’t aware of back in 2015, more or less confirms all of my thoughts, views and opinions on the band/Harvey Williams. It also states that the track on offer on the compilation was the first single proper, one which crystallised the appeal of both its creator Harvey Williams and Sarah Records. I’ve tracked down its other two songs:-
mp3: Another Sunny Day – Things Will Be Nice
mp3: Another Sunny Day – The Centre Of My Little World
The single is one of those much sought after 45s on Sarah. There is, at the time of typing this up, just one copy on offer at Discogs and the asking price is £93 plus postage.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Just the one copy…..damn I was looking for two.
Ah nevermind.
I’m a fan. I, wait for it…. was not a fan of all that Sarah released but crikey it did release some belters and most of Another Sunny Days output falls into the ‘belter’ category. Anorak City is an anthem. It helped defined the movement and unintentionally equally malign it with Anorak City. To all those journalists with their knives out – where are they now? The band are still very much an inspiration with both Another Sunny Day and Anorak City used as incredibly long-standing and much-loved Twee club nights. My Twee, much like my punk/post punk etc. often had to sizzle and fizz – if there was a Smiths influence, well, all the better. My day has gotten off to a great start!