Artist Sunflower Bean
Features & Interviews
“You gotta go for what you want, full steam ahead” - Sunflower Bean’s charge is continuing on new EP ‘King Of The Dudes’ and UK tour
With the new run of shows beginning tonight (19th November) and ‘King Of The Dudes’ coming in January, Julia Cumming talks staying true to yourself.
19th November 2018
Ray of light: Sunflower Bean
Sunflower Bean’s second album might be inspired in part by political turmoil in America, but they’re using that tragedy to find strength in numbers.
21st March 2018
Sunflower Bean: “Let the next generation have a hero”
The buzzy New Yorkers talk debut album ‘Human Ceremony’ and the desire to inspire a new wave.
2nd February 2016
Album Reviews
4 Stars
Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo In Blue
They progress leaps and bounds on from the foundations of their debut.
3 Stars
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
‘Human Ceremony’ isn’t anywhere near fault-free, but its charm arrives when the trio get ahead of themselves.
Features / Tracks
Tracks: Willow, Conan Gray, Turnstile and more
The biggest and best new music released this week.
July 16, 2021 6:00pm
News
Manic Street Preachers team up with Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming for ‘The Secret He Had Missed’
Their new album arrives this September.
July 16, 2021 10:47am
Features / Tracks
Tracks: Sunflower Bean, slowthai, Marika Hackman and more
The biggest and best tracks of the past week, rounded up and reviewed.
September 18, 2020 6:00pm
News
Sunflower Bean release new single, ‘Moment in the Sun’
It’s the New York trio’s first new material of 2020.
September 17, 2020 6:10pm
Reviews / EP
Sunflower Bean - King of the Dudes
Truly fantastic.
January 25, 2019 7:59am
Reviews / Live
David Byrne, Jarvis Cocker and Clockenflap’s leftfield stars top a bill that’s anything but staid
Sunflower Bean, Shame and Irvine Welsh (yep, that one) also delight in Hong Kong.
November 15, 2018 2:00pm
Features / Tracks
Tracks: Sunflower Bean, Vince Staples, Slipknot & more
All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.
November 2, 2018 5:00pm
Reviews / Track
Sunflower Bean - Come For Me
‘Come For Me’ immediately asserts itself as Sunflower Bean’s finest hour, and the next step of three future rockstars.
October 30, 2018 7:30pm
News
Sunflower Bean announce ‘King Of The Dudes’ EP, share ‘Come For Me’
The new release is out in January, following a UK tour and this year’s ‘Twentytwo In Blue’ LP.
October 30, 2018 7:30pm
Features / Podcast
Sunflower Bean, Fall Out Boy and Sports Team feature on the new DIY Podcast
We’re at Reading Festival this episode.
September 24, 2018 8:38pm
News
Mom + Pop announce tenth anniversary celebrations ft Courtney Barnett, Sleigh Bells, Sunflower Bean and more
A previously unreleased Sleigh Bells song is also streaming now, from an upcoming boxset.
September 12, 2018 4:44pm
Reviews / Live
IDLES, Black Honey and Young Fathers shine at Scotland’s Electric Fields
Saturday also saw DIY take over the Valley Stage for a full day of musical treats.
September 3, 2018 7:00pm
Features
The 15 best albums of the year so far
We’re half way through the year(!) so we’ve rounded up the best LPs we’ve heard so far in 2018.
July 9, 2018 5:30pm
News
Sunflower Bean announce UK tour
The band are bringing ‘Twentytwo In Blue’ back to these shores in November.
May 2, 2018 2:12pm
Reviews / Live
Sunflower Bean cement their status as indie big-hitters at rapturous KOKO date
A live tour-de-force.
April 8, 2018 4:45pm
News
Sunflower Bean and Iceage among latest End of the Road additions
The festival already boasts Vampire Weekend, St Vincent and Hookworms.
April 5, 2018 1:01pm
News
Sunflower Bean reveal ‘Human For’
Yet more evidence of a brilliant second album.
March 16, 2018 10:30am
Features
Tracks: Parquet Courts, Janelle Monáe, Father John Misty, Sunflower Bean and more
All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.
February 23, 2018 4:53pm
Reviews / Track
Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo
A gorgeous, quiet act of defiance.
February 23, 2018 4:26pm
News
Sunflower Bean share sort-of title track ‘TwentyTwo’
Their second album ‘Twentytwo in Blue’ is out next month.
February 23, 2018 12:37pm