Sunflower Bean - Mortal Primetime

Sunflower Bean returns with Mortal Primetime, their fourth album and first self-produced. After three years of personal challenges and individual projects, the band – Julia Cumming, Nick Kivlen, and Olive Faber – emerged with a renewed sense of purpose. The album blends alternative rock, dreamy psychedelia, and arena-sized ambition, creating a sound that’s unmistakably theirs.

Inspired by their own history and the need to move forward, Mortal Primetime is a celebration of their journey, full of raw, unfiltered honesty. The band channels a diverse range of influences, from Belle and Sebastian to Alice in Chains, with daring musical choices that make them impossible to categorize. Cumming’s vocals on tracks like the power-pop opener “Champagne Taste” echo Iggy Pop, while “Look What You’ve Done to Me” invokes the haunting energy of Kate Bush. On “Nothing Romantic,” power chords evoke the arena rock of the '70s and '80s.

With Mortal Primetime, Sunflower Bean embraces discordance, uncertainty, and self-expression, creating their most fearless and authentic album to date. The result is a record that’s as enduring as it is personal, destined to stand the test of time.