“There was an uncomfortable sense of unease across Sunflower Bean’s second album ‘Twentytwo In Blue’. Released in 2018 amid a whole lot of political turmoil, the troubled coming-of-age record saw the New York rock band struggle with their place in the world as they questioned relationships, role models and rebellion. When it was released, they quickly found out they weren’t the only ones feeling so”
“Sunflower Bean are a dazzling rush of reckless abandon on third album Headful of Sugar”
“On its latest album, the New York band works hard to sound effortless, hindered by inert performances and unconvincing lyrics.”
“Some really nice sounds scatter Sunflower Bean’s third studio album: a crystal-clear guitar strum is muddied by diaphanous backing vocals, steadily coming-into-focus on ‘Who Put You Up to This?’, low-slung grooves buoy against reed-like synths in ‘Stand by Me’, while vocalist and bassist Julia Cummings’ chorus in ‘Roll the Dice’ recalls her incredible feature on Yves Tumor’s Heaven to a Tortured M”
