The day is Thursday, the song is Thursday and the band are the brilliant Asobi Seksu.
Bar a one-off gig in October 2014 supporting Slowdive at the latter's request, Asobi Seksu have been on hiatus for over a decade. However, there's much to enjoy in the music they made between 2001 and 2012.
Thursday originally appeared on second album Citrus in 2006, was subsequently released as a single. In 2009, the band sold an album of stripped down versions called Acoustic At Olympic Studios at their gigs. This was later reissued and retitled Rewolf and closes with a version of Thursday.
It's an interesting variation, exposed and raw in many respects, though the shimmering beauty of the shoegaze original can't be beaten.
Love this, love Asobi Seksu's sound, but hadn't heard the Rewolf version of Thursday before, cheers.
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