Emo godfathers Sunny Day Real Estate continued their reunion with a run of 2024 tour dates to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their highly influential debut album Diary. This leg saw two consecutive dates at San Francisco’s August Hall, after the first scheduled date quickly sold out.

The band was in top notch form, beginning the night with “8” (a song most recognizable as part of 1995’s Batman Forever soundtrack, and later appearing on their self-titled sophomore release (also known as The Pink Album) before the group disbanded and members Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith moved on to the first Foo Fighters lineup.

After the one-song intro, SDRE launched into performing the album Diary from front to back, and ended the night with a few songs from various other releases… finishing with the newly-completed/recorded “Novum Vetus” (which is now available on Diary at London Bridge Studio, released this year).

All photos by Clay Lancaster.