Photo Courtesy of Sundayâs Best Sundayâs Best will open for The Jealous Sound on Saturday night at Skrappyâs new location, 831 E. 17th St. For more information go to www.Skrappys.com.

The Jealous Sound and Sundayâs Best play the kind of music your best friend would put on a mix tape for you if they were trying to find a way to tell you they liked you. While each band sounds different musically, the feeling is similar; while all the songs might not be about love, you get the feeling that theyâre love songs.

Both bands ÷ who will play together July 13 at Skrappyâs, 831 E. 17 th St. ÷ share more than a couple of tour dates and a penchant for heartbreak songs. Sundayâs Best member Pedro Benito left the band to join The Jealous Sound.

While a memberâs jumping ship for a bandâs touring mates might cause tension in some bands, Sundayâs Best drummer and ãknob twiddlerä (thatâs producer) Tom Ackerman doesnât think it causes much rivalry.

ãWell it doesnât create a band rivalry per se because thereâs 4 people who arenât even involved: James in Sundayâs Best, and Blair, John and Michel from the J.Sound,ä said Ackerman.

ãBut if you are asking me, hell yes Iâm competitive. I plan to show up and out-rock that Pedro kid. I mean, you will see that Iâm restrained by a drum set and a mellower musical set, but come and tell me after youâve watched both of us play who plays harder and who has an ÎA-game,âä he said.

A mellower sound is what separates The Jealous Sound from Sundayâs Best. While their debut album Poised to Break, was closer to straightforward emo, their latest album, The Californian, more closely resembles the work of introspective singer-songwriters like Dashboard Confessional and Elliot Smith.

The Jealous Sound who have so far released a self-titled 5-song EP, sound a little more rock than Sundayâs Best, which one can probably attribute to The Jealous Soundâs vocalist and songwriter, Blair Sheehan, founder of the well known indie rock band Knapsack.

Being labeled an emo band never bothered Ackerman anyway, who takes such labels in stride.

ãYou canât really help how people choose to categorize you,ä he said. ãWhether or not I object to the label or not is not going to change who comes out to see us. I donât care really.ä

In fact, ãemo,ä which is short for ãemotional,ä has described hundreds of bands with seemingly nothing in common. Bands from Sunny Day Real Estate and Weezer to Onelinedrawing and Jimmy Eat World, who donât have much in common stylistically, have all fallen prey to the industryâs need to label and classify bands. Ackerman, however, takes this categorization in stride.

ãGeneralizations make the world go round,ä he said. ãAt least now weâll get a section in the record store, after ãdrum and bassä and before ãgrunge.ä

And do members of The Californian like the idea of visiting Tucson this time around?

ãWeâve played both Nitaâs Hideaway and Modified in Phoenix-Tempe and thatâs it for AZ. Weâre excited to be back because itâs been awhile and weâre really proud of our new CD,ä said Ackerman.

As far as describing what the CD sounds like, Ackerman stays away from making generalizations.

ãI wouldnât. Thatâs not my job. I just play,ä he said.