Scribble Mural Comic Journal

Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Studio album by
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2007 (2007-02-13)
RecordedJanuary – August 2006
Studios
Genres
Length54:03
LabelNotenuf
ProducerA Sunny Day in Glasgow
A Sunny Day in Glasgow chronology
The Sunniest Day Ever
(2006)		 Scribble Mural Comic Journal
(2007)		 Tout New Age
(2007)

Scribble Mural Comic Journal is the debut studio album by American indie rock band A Sunny Day in Glasgow. It was released on February 13, 2007 by Notenuf Records. Ruined Potential Records reissued the album on LP on August 5, 2008.

Background and recording

Scribble Mural Comic Journal was recorded from January to August 2006 by A Sunny Day in Glasgow, at the time consisting of siblings Ben, Lauren and Robin Daniels. It was recorded at Ben Daniels' apartment in West Philadelphia and the Daniels siblings' parents' houses in Abington. The album also incorporates sounds recorded in the streets of London in 2005.

The Scribble Mural Comic Journal tracks "The Best Summer Ever", "C'mon" and "A Mundane Phone Call to Jack Parsons" were first released as the opening three tracks on A Sunny Day in Glasgow's 2006 debut EP The Sunniest Day Ever.

Several outtakes from Scribble Mural Comic Journal were later released on the band's 2007 EP Tout New Age.

Music

Jeremy D. Larson of Pitchfork wrote: "Scribble Mural Comic Journal is the sound of an email with the subject line 'FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: dream pop.' It’s a slightly radical, distorted definition of it, one beyond chiming 4AD guitars and gossamer vocals, disassembled and rearranged in a space somewhere between a parasomnia hallucination and a club at the bottom of a lake."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Drowned in Sound9/10
Pitchfork8.0/10
The SkinnyStarStarStarStar
Stylus MagazineB+

In 2018, Pitchfork ranked Scribble Mural Comic Journal at number 30 on its list of the best dream pop albums. "A song like 'Lists, Plans' could scatter away into the night, but it’s this formlessness, this broken-mirror sound that speaks to their rightful place in the dream pop canon."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ben Daniels.

No.TitleLength
1."Wake Up Pretty"1:59
2."No. 6 Von Karman Street"4:15
3."A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons"3:21
4."Our Change into Rain Is No Change at All (Talkin' 'Bout Us)"4:24
5."Ghost in the Graveyard"5:59
6."5:15 Train"4:12
7."Lists, Plans"4:54
8."C'mon"4:27
9."The Horn Song"1:28
10."Panic Attacks Are What Make Me 'Me'"5:15
11."Watery (Drowning Is Just Another Word for Being Buried Alive Under Water)"4:01
12."Things Only I Can See"5:05
13."The Best Summer Ever"4:43
Total length:54:03
2008 Ruined Potential reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Ghost in the Graveyard" (Ulrich Schnauss remix)4:19
15."Summerlong Silences" (Asobi Seksu remix)4:40
Total length:63:02

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Additional musicians

Production

Design

References

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  2. 1 2 "The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums". Pitchfork. April 16, 2018. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
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  4. ↑ "A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Scribble Mural Comic Journal (CD)". Notenuf Records. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Scribble Mural Comic Journal (Vinyl)". asunnydayinglasgow.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Scribble Mural Comic Journal (liner notes). A Sunny Day in Glasgow. Notenuf Records. 2007. NTNF006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "The Sunniest Day Ever EP". asunnydayinglasgow.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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  10. ↑ Pitchfork (April 16, 2018). "The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ Reges, Margaret. "Scribble Mural Comic Journal – A Sunny Day in Glasgow". AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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  15. ↑ Brown, Ally (July 27, 2007). "A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Scribble Mural Comic Journal – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.