Sunflower Bean – Nothing Romantic

Sunflower Bean – Julia Cumming (vocals, bass), Nick Kivlen (vocals, guitar) and Olive Faber (drums) – share a new single today entitled “Nothing Romantic,” a soaring second preview of their transformative new album Mortal Primetime, out April 25th on Lucky Number.  The video is directed by Sophia Feuer &  Tyler Macri.

While the album’s first single “Champagne Taste” found Cumming channeling Iggy Pop, “Nothing Romantic” features power cords that harken back to arena-ready hits of the ‘70s and ‘80s by Heart, Pat Benatar, or Joan Jett, with piano from Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (co-founder of legendary power-pop band Jellyfish).  

“‘Nothing Romantic’ is about rejecting the myth of the tortured artist—realizing that the joys of creativity don’t have to come from the lows of misery,” the band explains. “The video mirrors this journey, capturing our lives as touring musicians in between nightmarish performances. From green rooms to lost highways, we travel from town to town, feeling alive only in the escape of our show. There’s tension between the connection and solitude; on stage, we’re together, sharing our music with others but later isolation and the price of our sacrifices creep in.”

Tour dates

3/12 – Austin, TX @ SXSW – Monster Children Showcase at Mohawk

3/13 – Austin, TX @ SXSW – JBL Sound Bodega at 3Ten Austin City Limits

3/13 – Austin, TX @ SXSW – Academy Fight Songs / Rough Trade Publishing at Hotel Vegas

3/14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW – Paste Magazine Showcase at High Noon

3/14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW – KROX at Inn Cahoots

4/29 – Brighton, UK @ Resident 

4/30 – Kingston, UK @ Pryzm (Disco Room) 

5/1 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall 

5/2 – Liverpool, UK @ Baltic 

5/3 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East

5/15 – Troy, NY @ No Fun *

5/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas *

5/17 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts *

5/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw # 

5/23 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis #

5/24 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings #

5/25 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy #

5/27 – Nashville, TN @ Blue Room at Third Man Records #

5/28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #

5/30 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves #

5/31 – Austin, TX @ The Ballroom #

6/01 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs #

6/04 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar #

6/05 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah #

6/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room #

6/07 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel #

6/9 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #

6/10 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s #

6/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

6/13 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast #

6/14 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive

6/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry #

6/19 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village #

6/20 – Detroit, MI @ Third Man Records 

6/21 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

* with Laveda

# with Gift 

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