Sunny Day Real Estate and Sub Pop are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s landmark album Diary with a new pearlescent vinyl edition of the remastered double LP and its release coincides with the band’s 2024 US tour commemorating the anniversary of the album.
This new version of Diary is now available to preorder from megamart.subpop.com, and select North American retailers (while supplies last).
Originally formed in Seattle in 1992, Sunny Day Real Estate featured Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums), Dan Hoerner (guitar, vocals) and Jeremy Enigk (vocals, guitar). Diary, the band’s first full-length album, was released in 1994 on Sub Pop, going on to become the seventh-best-selling record in the label’s history, with more than 231,000 copies scanned in the US alone. Diary was recorded at Chicago’s Idful Studios with producer Brad Wood and released to critical acclaim.
Pitchfork, in its “50 Best Indie Rock Albums of Pacific Northwest,” said of Diary, “The title would later be ridiculed as a symbol of emo’s inward focus, but Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary, their 1994 debut on Sub Pop, can be read in various ways: in the form of punk rock evolving away from its original designs into more dynamic and insecure space, or as a display of spiraling interplay between four talented musicians from Seattle.”
The Diary 30th Anniversary Tour begins Wednesday, March 13th in Lawrence, KS at Liberty Hall and currently ends with a two-night stand Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th in Los Angeles at The Belasco. Please find a current list of dates below. For more information on tickets, please visit https://sunnyday.realestate.
Wed. Mar. 13 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Thu. Mar. 14 – Oklahoma, OK – Tower Theatre
Sat. Mar. 16 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Austin (SPIN)
Wed. May 01 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Fri. May 03 – Gainesville, FL – High Dive [Sold Out]
Sat. May 04 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival
Tue. May 07 – Washington, D.C. – The Howard Theatre
Thu. May 09 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts [Sold Out]
Fri. May 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Sun. May 12 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live
Wed. May 15 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza [Sold Out]
Thu. May 16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Wed. Aug. 14 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Sat. Aug. 17 – Denver, CO – Summit
Tue. Aug. 20 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox [Sold Out]
Wed. Aug. 21 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square (PDX Live)
Fri. Aug. 23 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox [Sold Out]
Sat. Aug. 24 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
Sun. Sep. 22 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon and Beyond Festival
Wed. Sep. 25 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Sat. Sep. 28 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
Oct. 11-13 – Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Festival
Tue. Oct. 15 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
Fri. Oct. 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco [Sold Out]
Sat. Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco