Even in this cluttered and chaotic age of promotional static and content noise, the only thing that truly matters is the greatness of the song. So as Sunflower Bean prepare to release new album Mortal Primetime this Friday (April 25) via Lucky Number, our interest in the stylistic sass of the New York band has skyrocketed to the top of the tallest skyscraper simply after hearing last month’s incendiary Song of the Year contender “Nothing Romantic”.
Ahead of the record drop, the trio of Julia Cumming (vocals, bass), Nick Kivlen (vocals, guitar) and Olive Faber (drums) offer up one final teaser in “There’s a Part I Can’t Get Back,” a yearning ballad that centers around personal experiences with being groomed.
“This song is about the lasting scars of grooming — the parts of yourself that are stolen and the anger you carry because of it,” Cumming says. “It came to me in such a raw and direct way, there was no second-guessing or wondering how I felt. I didn’t want to write a song about being healed, I wanted to be angry about needing to heal at all. The line, ‘If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord lets me get even first,’ is important because it captures the intensity of these feelings and how they go beyond logic. I am confronting the pain and the questions that will never be answered.”
Indulge below via the Harv Frost-directed video, hang tight as we await one of the most intriguing album releases of this busy and boastful year, and hear these remarkable songs live when Sunflower Bean play Deep Cuts in Medford on May 17.