New York trio Sunflower Bean—vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming (she/her), guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen (he/him), and drummer Olive Faber (she/her)— release their first fully self-produced and recorded project, Shake, today. The EP, out now via Lucky Number, features some of Sunflower Bean’s heaviest, most immediate, and loudest music to date. Influenced by the doom-laden, heavy metal sound of the likes of Black Sabbath, the EP is an embrace of rock tropes and excess and recalls the sound of the band’s earlier projects, Show Me Your Seven Secrets and Human Ceremony.
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Out today, alongside the release of the EP, is a 14-minute performance-based video to showcase each track via an interpretation of the natural elements: earth, wind, water, fire, and metal. The short film debuted at a special event at NYC’s Roxy Cinema earlier this week, which featured a Q&A with the band and the film’s director Isaac Roberts, as well as a viewing of the cult 1975 Dario Argento film, Deep Red. Watch the SHAKE short film in its entirety now, and read more about it via Rolling Stone HERE.
Sunflower Bean will celebrate SHAKE with four US club show underplays in NYC, LA, Chicago and Austin where they will showcase both the EP and further new music. Dates and venues listed below. Tickets here.
1. Shake
2. Lucky Number
3. Teach Me to Be Bad
4. Serial Killer
5. Angelica
Tour Dates
October 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right ** SOLD OUT **
October 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon ** LOW TIX **
October 12 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
October 25 – NYC @ United Sounds Festival
November 16 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
Sunflower Bean have made a name for themselves as one of NYC’s quintessential indie rock bands over the past decade since forming in 2013. What started as a project of three high schoolers soon turned into a band with chart-topping releases, sold-out tour dates, international festival slots, wide-spread critical acclaim, and three remarkable full-length albums under their belt. Further, Cumming recently featured on Yves Tumor’s ‘album Heaven To A Tortured Mind, while Nick Kivlen and Olive Faber featured on and recorded Frost Children’s “Serpent” from their album Speed Run.
Known for their improvisational live performances, Sunflower Bean has toured the world extensively, as both headliners and as support for artists such as Beck, The Strokes, Cage the Elephant, Interpol, Courtney Barnett, The Pixies, The Kills, DIIV, Courtney Barnett, Wolf Alice and more. They have also performed at major festivals like Glastonbury, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Reading & Leeds, and opened for Bernie Sanders during his primary campaign rallies.
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