How did the band The Sundays contribute to pop music?

One
distinct way in which The Sundays contributed to pop music was to usher in the Alternative Era
of music that defined the musical landscape of the 1990s.  The Sundays were able to develop this
style of music in the late 1980s and into the 1990s.  

The Sundays stood on
the forefront of a musical transformation in a couple of distinct ways.  Their music was a
contrast to the bubble- gum and consumerist popular music of the 1980s.  Hard dance beats were
replaced with an almost acoustic musical feel.  This was seen in "Summertime," one of
the band's biggest hits that really operated in a more folksy style as a contrast to what was
being...

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