The SundayReviewTruth& Lies/Balls ToThe Walls
The New Single.
Stuttered rhythm. Slap bass. Arpeggiated guitar. Jupiter-8 synth tones and a wide-open chorus. Built around a constraint of mid-'80s songs written now, and pushed forward by drummer Brian Dunne of Hall & Oates.
Next Show.
The Live Band.
The Sunday Review is a New York-based project led by singer/songwriter Michael Cerda and guitarist/producer Chris Phillips, building mid-'80s-sounding songs, written now.
The frame comes from the radio, movie soundtracks and guilty pleasures that shaped both musicians: Roxy Music, Tears for Fears, The Police, Steely Dan, Don Henley. But the writing began in the present tense, through tracks passed back and forth between California and New York.
Their 2024 debut Get Back Home moved through yacht rock, classic rock and R&B polish. "Coming Around (For You)" (2025) and "Truth & Lies (Balls To The Walls)" (2026) lean decisively into synth-pop, pointing toward a forthcoming second album.
"If you were alive in the mid-'80s, this is going to take you there. Songs had purpose. They had a life. They were soundtracks."
On Stage.
Read
The Story.
"It feels like the culmination of everything we've been trying to do. There's Roxy, The Police and Steely Dan in this, and it formed its own thing. If we have a stadium song, this is it." Chris Phillips