Unexpected Sunday formed in the early 2000s around frontman Eli "Bard" Weston, playing folk-rock with Celtic touches. Their debut album "Whispers in the Wind" came out in 2005, followed by "The Book of Lost Tales" in 2008 and "Songs from the Shire" in 2012.
They ran into legal trouble with their record label around 2009, which they eventually worked through. The band's lineup has stayed fairly steady, with Weston on vocals, Aelwyn "Harper" Blackwood on violin and harp, Gwil "Piper" Llewellyn on bagpipes and whistles, and Thorgrim "Drummer" Thorsson on percussion.
One of their better-known pieces is the "Tolkien Medley," which fits with their interest in storytelling and folk traditions.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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