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Sunflower Bean promised copious amounts of sugar with the title of their third album, and they didn’t disappoint. However, this New York trio only offers a surface level sweetness, sugar coating a rather disillusioned outlook of the modern world. On Baby Don’t Cry, the singer and bassist Julia Cumming lambasts the media for “driving her crazy” (“The TV makes me so mad / NPR is always telling me something bad / Everything made in a boardroom gets pumped straight into my head”). Money-hungry corporations find themselves in the firing line on Roll the Dice (“Nothing in this life is really free / I just want to win“). Alongside singer and guitarist Nick Kivlen and drummer Olive Faber, Cumming expresses real resilience throughout the album (which is more positive and upbeat than you might think). Whether it’s through their lyrics or their melodies, Sunflower Bean relentlessly add fuel to a tired machine, like in the disco pop track Post Love or the cheerful In Flight, an ode to giving yourself room to breathe. Then there’s I Don’t Have Control Sometimes with its raging drums, as well as Beat the Odds with electric guitars that are equally explosive. The future is terrifying, but there’s still beauty to be found despite it all: it feels like this is what Sunflower Bean are trying to say with their energetic third release. ©Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
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Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Shamir Bailey, Composer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Suzy Shinn, Composer - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Jacob Portrait, Composer, Producer - Sunflower Bean, MainArtist - Julia Cumming, Composer - Nicholas Kivlen, Composer - Jake Faber, Composer
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
Album review
Sunflower Bean promised copious amounts of sugar with the title of their third album, and they didn’t disappoint. However, this New York trio only offers a surface level sweetness, sugar coating a rather disillusioned outlook of the modern world. On Baby Don’t Cry, the singer and bassist Julia Cumming lambasts the media for “driving her crazy” (“The TV makes me so mad / NPR is always telling me something bad / Everything made in a boardroom gets pumped straight into my head”). Money-hungry corporations find themselves in the firing line on Roll the Dice (“Nothing in this life is really free / I just want to win“). Alongside singer and guitarist Nick Kivlen and drummer Olive Faber, Cumming expresses real resilience throughout the album (which is more positive and upbeat than you might think). Whether it’s through their lyrics or their melodies, Sunflower Bean relentlessly add fuel to a tired machine, like in the disco pop track Post Love or the cheerful In Flight, an ode to giving yourself room to breathe. Then there’s I Don’t Have Control Sometimes with its raging drums, as well as Beat the Odds with electric guitars that are equally explosive. The future is terrifying, but there’s still beauty to be found despite it all: it feels like this is what Sunflower Bean are trying to say with their energetic third release. ©Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:01
- Main artists: Sunflower Bean
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Lucky Number
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2022 Lucky Number Music Limited 2022 Lucky Number Music Limited
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