Summer Day In June was a hardcore band from Auch, France who were active through most of the 90s. Members were also in a multitude of French grindcore bands such as Tennis Bastard, Tekken and Los Suppozitos. Despite their many active years, Summer Day In June only released one CD, one 7" and one demo and appeared on a few compilations.
Summer Day In June had a sound that evolved throughout their releases, but remained uconsitently under the influence of emotional hardcore. Their CD leans more toward that intense "emocore" sound with shrill, painstaking vocals whereas their 7" had a more fast-paced punky sound to it. Their demo recording is very rough and featured a drum machine.
Despite most of my favourite hardcore bands being from France, the plethora of great French bands seemed to drop off after the mid-90s, or at least my knowledge of good bands ends there. I found Summer Day In June's 7" at a store in Vancouver and realizing it was French I had high hopes for it, which they really lived up to.
Though they have a vastly different sound from the early 90s French scene (ie. Anomie, Weep, Undone etc), Summer Day In June continued to hold up France's reputation for mind-blowingly good hardcore. Perhaps because less noteworthy bands were around in the early 2000s when they released their recordings, Summer Day In June remains buried below the surface. If you like French hardcore or really any emotionally driven hardcore you should definitely check these guys out.
S/T 7" 1999 (Opale Records)
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