Spirited interpreters of rock ’n’ roll’s eternal truths…Sunflower Bean are equally adept at studio finesse and raucous live noise.” - The New York Times
“it’s amazing to see and hear this band’s maturation…Cumming’s vocal is strong and confident, and the classic rock riffs conjure up comparisons to Joan Jett….ridiculously talented ” – NPR
“a contemporary take on lo-fi psychedelia, wearing shrewd influences on stylish sleeves.” - The New Yorker
“one of the best bands in America” – Billboard
“Though Sunflower Bean’s sound nods to past decades, it’s not vintage: The mash-up of influences — T. Rex, the Velvet Underground, Tame Impala, the poet Dylan Thomas — makes it new.” - T Magazine
“…moody psychedelic magic with exactly the right attitude, the NY trio are one of the most exciting things in music” – i-D
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Beloved rock band Sunflower Bean return reinvigorated with the most hard-fought and vulnerable album of their career: Mortal Primetime. In the three years since their last LP Headful of Sugar, the members of Sunflower Bean drifted from one another as they pursued new projects and confronted personal challenges, tragedies and transformations. But Mortal Primetime – the band’s fourth album, but first self-produced – finds Sunflower Bean with a renewed sense of purpose after nearly losing everything they built together. “You get to decide what your prime is, and you fight for it,” bassist and vocalist Julia Cumming says. “This is ours, and that can’t be taken away by circumstance. We can’t take it away from each other. This moment, where we are now, is what we’ve always fought for.
The first single off of Mortal Primetime is “Champagne Taste,” a fuzzed-out anthem of reckless determination. A nod to Sunflower Bean’s long-time alias when performing secret shows to test out new material, “Champagne Taste” features feral guitar riffs, soaring power chords and vocals that find Cumming channeling Iggy Pop circa The Idiot. The band explains, “This song came after a period that felt like rock bottom for the band. It is about feeling beaten down but still driving forward, to keep faith, to grow and to continue to create on our own terms, our Mortal Primetime."
Eileen Carpio
“it’s amazing to see and hear this band’s maturation…Cumming’s vocal is strong and confident, and the classic rock riffs conjure up comparisons to Joan Jett….ridiculously talented ” – NPR
“a contemporary take on lo-fi psychedelia, wearing shrewd influences on stylish sleeves.” - The New Yorker
“one of the best bands in America” – Billboard
“Though Sunflower Bean’s sound nods to past decades, it’s not vintage: The mash-up of influences — T. Rex, the Velvet Underground, Tame Impala, the poet Dylan Thomas — makes it new.” - T Magazine
“…moody psychedelic magic with exactly the right attitude, the NY trio are one of the most exciting things in music” – i-D
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Beloved rock band Sunflower Bean return reinvigorated with the most hard-fought and vulnerable album of their career: Mortal Primetime. In the three years since their last LP Headful of Sugar, the members of Sunflower Bean drifted from one another as they pursued new projects and confronted personal challenges, tragedies and transformations. But Mortal Primetime – the band’s fourth album, but first self-produced – finds Sunflower Bean with a renewed sense of purpose after nearly losing everything they built together. “You get to decide what your prime is, and you fight for it,” bassist and vocalist Julia Cumming says. “This is ours, and that can’t be taken away by circumstance. We can’t take it away from each other. This moment, where we are now, is what we’ve always fought for.
The first single off of Mortal Primetime is “Champagne Taste,” a fuzzed-out anthem of reckless determination. A nod to Sunflower Bean’s long-time alias when performing secret shows to test out new material, “Champagne Taste” features feral guitar riffs, soaring power chords and vocals that find Cumming channeling Iggy Pop circa The Idiot. The band explains, “This song came after a period that felt like rock bottom for the band. It is about feeling beaten down but still driving forward, to keep faith, to grow and to continue to create on our own terms, our Mortal Primetime."
Eileen Carpio
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