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Sunflower Bean unveil plans for new album ‘Mortal Primetime’
They’re toasting the news by releasing its lead single, ‘Champagne Taste’.
New York rockers Sunflower Bean have announced that they’ll be dropping their fourth album, ‘Mortal Primetime’, on 25th April via Lucky Number, less than a year since the arrival of last September’s ‘Shake’ EP.
It’s set to be the trio’s first self-produced album, and the follow-up proper to 2022’s ‘Headful Of Sugar’. After that last effort, the band found themselves moving in different directions, drifting apart as life got in the way. But, as frontwoman Julia Cumming has explained, they ultimately reconnected, deciding to wholeheartedly commit themselves to the project they’ve spent over a decade building.
“You get to decide what your prime is, and you fight for it,” she has said. “This is ours, and that can’t be taken away by circumstance. We can’t take it away from each other. This moment, where we are now, is what we’ve always fought for.”
And latest single ‘Champagne Taste’ is testament to this renewed vigor: named after the moniker the band use when road-testing new material, it’s a searing slice of classic rock that they have said “came after a period that felt like rock bottom”. Continuing, they share: “It is about feeling beaten down but still driving forward, to keep faith, to grow and to continue to create on our own terms, our Mortal Primetime.”
Check out the official video for ‘Champagne Taste’ here:
Scorching shows have always been central to Sunflower Bean, and their ‘Mortal Primetime’ era is no different; find out where you can catch them play live this year below.
FEBRUARY 2025
13 Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow ^
14 Manchester, O2 Apollo ^
16 Wolverhampton, Uni of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall ^
17 London, O2 Academy Brixton ^
18 London, O2 Academy Brixton ^
20 Cologne, Palladium ^
21 Berlin, Columbiahalle ^
23 Amsterdam, AFAS Live ^
24 Brussels, Ancienne Belgique ^
26 Paris, Zenith ^
27 London, The George Tavern
MARCH 2025
11-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
MAY 2025
15 Troy, NY - No Fun
16 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas
17 Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
22 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
23 Washington, DC -The Atlantis
24 Raleigh, NC - Kings
25 Asheville, NC - Eulogy
27 Nashville, TN - Third Man Records
28 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
30 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
31 Austin, TX - The Ballroom
JUNE 2025
01 Houston, TX - White Oak Upstairs
04 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
05 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
06 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
07 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
09 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
10 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s
12 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
13 Fort Collins, CO - The Coast
14 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
17 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
19 Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village
20 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records
21 Toronto, ON - The Garrison
^ with Cage The Elephant
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