Sunday (1994) Tickets

Blending big, bittersweet pop choruses with the glossy guitar tones of yesteryear into a stylistic and dreamy whole, Sunday (1994) are living proof that sometimes the best things take time. 

The origins of the band go back a decade or so ago, when Slough-born Lee Newell and Los Angeles’ Paige Turner formed a transatlantic partnership writing songs together for adverts and other musicians. Speaking with Ticketmaster, Newell reflects on this time cutting their teeth: “Before this, I didn’t think I had the skills to articulate myself in the way I wanted. I just wasn’t good enough. Now though, I’m comfortable enough with what I can do, so the music we’re making finally feels like it represents us both.” 

It was lockdown that made the couple finally decide to begin their own creative journey, refining a clear vision of how they wanted to sound and look, even writing their own manifesto to abide by. Though the details remain secret, it was clear from the off that the band had a sharp aesthetic vision for the project. Recruiting the enigmatic drummer X as a permanent member, Sunday (1994) made their debut in early 2024 with the single ‘Tired Boy’, a gently drifting dose of woozy melancholy. Its accompanying video introduced Newell, Turner and X as sharply dressed romantics through a vintage lens, an aesthetic the trio have taken care to maintain. 

By spring of that year, Sunday (1994) had released their debut, eponymous EP. Continuing the tone of the lead single, the rest of the release featured shimmering, shoegazey guitars and big singalong choruses that would appeal to fans of Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey – notably on ‘Blonde’ and ‘Stained Glass Window’. 

In the midst of The Debut Tour in spring 2025 across North America and Europe – including performances at The Great Escape festival – the band released their second EP, Devotion. “We wanted each song to reflect a song from Sunday (1994),” says Newell, “so lyrically it’s similar but it’s a lot more technicolour.” The connection between these songs is up to the fans, though – a group that seems to be snowballing by the day.