Pitchfork

Philadelphia-based A Sunny Day in Glasgow is King Kong Ding Dong's Ben Daniels and his two sisters, Robin and Lauren. For a shoegazer, Brother Daniels sure likes looking at the sky: band name, EP title, and another track ("The Best Summer Ever") all reference sunshine or the seasons. While that track is fuzzed-out carpark power pop, "C'mon" steals its reverb and makes that the song: gnarled guitar strings bend out of place while the Daniels sisters chant in rounds, "Be afraid of ghosts are, really." They sing the odd line in pretty little arpeggios, their sugary voices dipping in and out of the strings-- nevermind that they're the ghosts they warned us about, soon erupting into a haunted chorus of "ah-ah-ah-ah." Close to the end of "C'mon", their warning turns into command, and the song's layers get too thick and impenetrable. Like Grizzly Bear, ASDIG's got a steep pop-to-noise curve, so their most gorgeous melodies become thick and swampy before you've noticed the tide has come in. Even the brightest colors look black if you smear them all together.