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the (gamecock Weekend from page 7 of South Carolina’s own Hootie and the Blowfish. Others insist it leans more to ward that of Five Way Friday, but after their opening performance for Sourwood Honey Friday night at the Elbow Room, some might say Weekend Excursion has cultivated a musical style all their own. “We all have different influences. Everybody has their one type of music that they enjoy more than another per son in the band does. That helps run off our sound, so there’s a lot of different types of music that we try to pull from when we’re on stage,” Groch says about their sound. All of those influences come togeth er in the song writing process, Edmunds said. “Once a song’s brought to the band we kind of mold it.' Usually what they have in their mind is a melody, and we take it and go places.” Though Edmunds and Foxworth have written the majority of Weekend Ex cursion’s songs, die other members aren’t left out of the process. It lias become a joint effort, as Fisher points out. “When we write now, we’re writ ing together as a unit. The songs that are coming out now represent what we’re doing and who we are.” Donovan adds,"Yeah, it’s a collabo ration.” Because of their friendship, Weekend Excursion has created a family atmos phere that is just as apparent on stage as it is in their song writing process. “We have fights, we have disagree ments. Everybody does. We’re just like a family,” Fisher said. “But one thing people can take from our shows is the energy we have. We have a lot of fun on stage.” Many who went to the Elbow Room Friday night would agree. Most of the songs they performed appear on Weekend Excursion’s latest full-lengdi EP, Radioactive. They did play a few from their ear lier releases, including “Moving On.” Most members of the audience joined in, singing along, all but drowning out Fisher’s voice in the process. Though their influences and taste in music might vary, one thing seems to hold true for all Weekend Excursion’s members: they enjoy what they’re do ing. “I’d like for this to be the last job I ever have,” Donovan said. Ferry has hope for the band’s future. “We want to make sure we accom plish as much as we possibliy can once we get to the top—if we get to the top. If we don’t get to the top, then we sure had a hell of a great time trying to reach it.” “The key is being patient,” Foxworth said. “You can’t try to rush things too fast.” More information on upcoming shows can be found on the band’s Web site at www.weekendexcursion.com. The spothght desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmail.com. Reunited band plays at Elbow by Camille Watkins and Campbell Roark The Gamecock Sunny Day Real Estate was formed in 1992 by Jeremy Enigk (vocals/guitar), Dan Hoemer (guitar), Nate Mendel (bass) and William Goldsmith (drums). They met underground fame with two self-re leased CD singles and 1994 full-length “Diary,” put out by Sub Pop. “Diary,” re mains to this day one of the most influ ential albums in the underground. The single, “Seven,” received a good deal of airplay on MTV’s 120 Minutes. However, this fame was short-lived when the band broke up only seven months af ter “Diary” hit the shelves. Various rea sons sparked the break-up, namely Enigk’s new-found Christianity. Sub Pop, how ever, did release their posthumos second album, “Sunny Day Real Estate” (also af fectionately called “The Pink Album” by fans), in 1995. Even in their absence, SDRE maintained a large and fast-grow ing fan base despite the small number of live shows and the band’s refusal to do interviews. During this separation, bassist Mendel and drummer Goldsmith joined Dave ” Grohl’s new band, The Foo Fighters-Enigk recorded a solo album, “Return of the Frog Queen.” The band set aside their differences and reunited in 1998 after a successful show reunion, with the exception of Mendel who chose to stay with the Foo Fighters. SDRE recorded its third album “How It Feels to be Something On,” shortly after the (eunion. SDRE is still touring and have re cently released their fourth album “The Rising Tide” in June after switching from Sub Pop to Time Bomb. Sunny Day Real Estate recently played a show at the Elbow Room. The band took the stage at. 10 p.m. and proceeded to chaige through an hour and a half set, beginning with an updat ed version of the waltzing “Pheurton Skeurto,” an older song from their first album, “Diary.” The set-list included re cent hits and old favorites, including a number of songs they hadn’t played in years. Enigk drew most of the attention, with his voice effortlessly turning from soft and cherubic to harsh and howling— the voice of an infant demon. Enigk al temately swayed and crooned and bel lowed; he cradled his guitar with his eyes shut as if he wanted to rock it to sleep. Goldsmith and Hoemer were con tent to settle into the background, an nealing the riffs and breaks. The band was inexhaustible, wear ing their naked brilliance like an ele gant wedding ring, a welcome change from the red badges and rock bombast so often touted. Upon the close, the crowd drew it self together and screamed its applause relentlessly until the band returned for an encore consisting partly of the first and last song the band has released: “Sev en” and “The Rising Tide,” respectively. After the show, the core members of Sunny Day Real Estate met and talked with a loose battalion of fans, outside in the cold air. They were cordial and gra cious, taking the time to talk about past and future projects, signing various items. The show could not have been more of a success. The spotlight desk can he reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmaiLcom. 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