{"id":27827,"date":"2018-01-14T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27827"},"modified":"2019-06-02T19:54:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:54:32","slug":"sunflower-bean-announce-sophomore-album-twentytwo-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27827","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Bean announce sophomore album ‘Twentytwo in Blue’"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York trio Sunflower Bean\u00a0have announced their sophomore record ‘Twentytwo in Blue’. The album will be released on March 23rd – when all members of the band will be 22 years old – and comes almost two years and two months after the release of their critically acclaimed 2016 debut album ‘Human Ceremony’. Co-produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait (who also mixed the record) and HC<\/em>-producer Matt Molnar of Friends, ‘Twentytwo in Blue’\u00a0shows Sunflower Bean stay true to their guitar band core and classic rock-inspired roots, while exploring new sonic textures with more direct and progressive themes. Unlike their debut, which was essentially a compilation of songs Sunflower Bean wrote while still in their teens, ‘Twentytwo in Blue’\u00a0was made in the year between December 2016 and December 2017 and showcases how far the band has come since playing together in their high school days. See below for album art, tracklisting, and upcoming tour dates – get your tickets here<\/a>. Pre-order ‘Twentytwo in Blue,’ out 3\/23 via\u00a0Mom + Pop, here<\/a> or here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To coincide with the album announcement, Sunflower Bean have shared a new single entitled Crisis Fest.<\/em>“2017 – we know\/ Reality’s one big sick show\/ Every day’s a crisis fest<\/em>,” vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming\u00a0<\/strong>sings. “This last year was extremely alarming, traumatic, and politically volatile,”<\/em> explains the band about the track. “While writing this album, we often reflected back on the people we met while on tour. We felt a strong kinship with the audiences that came to see us all over the country, and we wanted to write a song for them – something to capture the anxieties of an uncertain future. ‘Crisis Fest’ is less about politics and more about the power of us, the young people in this country.”<\/em> Take a listen to the new single via Soundcloud below. You can also\u00a0stream it on digital services here<\/a> and watch the Andy DeLuca-directed music video exclusively at Apple Music\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n