It all began as the bedroom projects of Ben Daniels and Ever Nalens. Ben moved to London, England for a girl and wound up just walking around a lot. Moving to Glasgow, Scotland to go to art school, Ever didn't realize there was a place on earth, outside of the poles, where the sun might not be visible for weeks at a time. He was completely unprepared for the effects of this upon his state of mind. Suffice it to say, sunny days in Glasgow had a profound impact on him. Returning to Philadelphia deeply affected by their respective experiences, the two began collaborating on little recordings made with radio shack microphones in Ben's apartment.

After a while Ever gave up to focus on pictures, but Ben continued on, bringing in his sister, Robin, on vocals. After another short while, sister Lauren was brought in to fill out the sound and the group began to record in earnest on Ben's new laptop with a nice new condenser mic. In March of 2006 they self-released an EP titled, "The Sunniest Day Ever", which was met with a great deal more radio-play and press than any of them had ever expected. The ensuing attention motivated the three to record like crazy and the end result was edited and assembled to create the band's debut LP, "Scribble Mural Comic Journal".

Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers, lots of cuttin' n pastin', and all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's A Sunny Day in Glasgow adds lush female vocals and dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin and Lauren's vocals glisten for thirteen storied tracks on "Scribble Mural Comic Journal." The album succeeds in marrying Cocteau Twins' other-wordliness, JAMC white noise, the best aspects of early Aphex Twin, and the jangle of "Strawberry Wine" era MBV to create pop music that somehow makes sense despite making no sense.

Ben currently resides in Montreal while his sisters still live in Philly so touring is limited but ASDIG will be going on a short East coast tour following the February 13 release date.

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Press:



   - Plan B


   - Exclaim!


   - Aquarius Records


   - Forget Gospel


   - Time for Heroes zine / the deku tree


   - Austinist


   - Stylus

"Philadelphia tweegazers keep up ambient-pop's ethereal flame, losing themselves in the trebly haze of early Creation Records, pop melodies barely shining through all the layers of noise."
   - Pitchfork


   - Bloom


   - Impose


   - Dusted


   - Super45


   - Little Radio


   - Prefix


   - Reax

"Such an ambitious blend of textures could easily sound distracting and gloopy; under the Daniels' control, the result is something lush and vibrant, stirring up moods like potent elixirs. "
   - XLR8R (issue # 107)


   - Delusions of Adequacy


   - Drowned In Sound

"Riding on the current shoegazing revival, and then upping it a few notches with all manner of sounds, A Sunny Day In Glasgow are here to save our souls. "
   - Piccadilly Records


   - Lost At Sea


   - Coke Machine Glow


   - Textura

"A Sunny Day in Glasgow are about as close as anyone has come to re-imagining the term shoegaze since the descriptor first appeared. "
   - Other Music

"Lauren and Robin Daniels’ perfectly matched voices echo around brother Ben’s shimmering guitars, keys and beats as if speaking a private sibling language. "
   - eMusic

"Sure, many have tried to duplicate the MBV sound over the years, but the washes of ambient noise layered above drumbeats and ethereal Cocteau Twins-like vocals from the twin sisters reveal a deeper understanding of what “shoegazer” can be than most imitators can grasp: that music can be a joy in which to lose yourself. Those who think shoegazer rock is a downer have missed the point. "
   - KEXP


   - Impose


   - No Ripchord

"This wonderful bro/sis/sis three-piece hails from the South Side of Philly, though their sound beckons foggy days in the London of yore. They effortlessly connect the sonic dots that My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields left behind. As elysian as they are earthy, and as seraphic as they are secular, ASDiG have their feet firmly planted in the shoegazing ground that Creation and 4AD records discovered. "
   - Tokion (issue # 57)