Sunflower Bean stream debut album via rollingstone.com

Sunflower Bean are gearing up to release one of the best debut albums of 2016, and starting today – one week ahead of release – the record is streaming exclusively via RollingStone.com. PRESS HERE to listen to Human Ceremony, Sunflower Bean’s absolutely brilliant debut LP, now. PRESS HERE to pre-order Human Ceremony on CD or vinyl, and HERE on iTunes. The album is out on February 5th via Fat Possum.

Sunflower Bean got their start in the DIY New York scene, but the band quickly began to accelerate into one of the foremost up-and-coming bands nationally and overseas. Since the band’s inception in 2013, Sunflower Bean have toured U.S. and Europe opening for the likes of DIIV, Best Coast, Wolf Alice, The Vaccines and more, as well as wowed audiences at festivals including CMJ, SXSW, Beach Goth, and UK’s Great Escape. Human Ceremony’s forthcoming release and Sunflower Bean’s massive upcoming U.S. and EU tour cement the fact that Sunflower Bean has arrived.

Drawing inspiration from a vast pool of influences such as Black Sabbath and The Cure, Sunflower Bean refine their sound and take it to the next level on Human Ceremony. It is a crystalline, bright, sparkling record, tipping its cap to the likes of The Vaselines, The Velvet Underground, The Feelies, and more, loaded with an innate artfulness that belies the band’s young age: all three members are under 21. Written in drummer Jacob Faber’s basement in Long Island – where the band got its start back in high school – and recorded in Brooklyn with producer Matt Molnar (Friends), Human Ceremony’s 11 tracks came together in just seven days. Having leapt out of the gate as a formidable live band, Sunflower Bean’s incomparable stage energy settles perfectly into the grooves of its finely crafted debut album. From the cascading guitar riffs in woozy album opener “Human Ceremony,” to the surging “Come On,” to Cumming’s gliding, sky-high harmonies on “Easier Said” and more, on Human Ceremony, Sunflower Bean’s spell is cast.

Sunflower Bean are: Jacob Faber [drums], Julia Cumming [vocals/bass], and Nick Kivlen [vocals/guitars].

International Tour Dates (US Dates in BOLD) - PRESS HERE for tickets

• 2/6/16 Paris, FR @ Le Pop Up Du Label
• 2/8/16 Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
• 2/9/16 Berlin, DE @ Berghain Kantine
• 2/10/16 Hamburg, DE @ Molotov Bar
• 2/11/16 Amsterdam, NL @ De School
• 2/12/16 Brussels, BE @ Botanique
• 2/13/16 Lille, FR @ LA Peniche
• 2/15/16 Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s
• 2/16/16 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
• 2/18/16 London, UK @ The Dome
• 2/19/16 Brighton, UK @ Bleach
• 2/25/16 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
• 2/26/16 Hanover, NH @ Bones Gate Fraternity
• 2/27/16 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Club Upstairs
• 2/28/16 Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange
• 3/1/16 Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha
• 3/2/16 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Café
• 3/3/16 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
• 3/4/16 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s 20 Lanes
• 3/5/16 Ithaca, NY @ Ithaca College Glazer Arena
• 3/6/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
• 3/10/16 Washington D.C. @ Black Cat *
• 3/11/16 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
• 3/15-3/20/16 Austin, TX @ SXSW 2016
• 3/24/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
• 3/25/16 La Jolla, CA @ Che Café
• 3/26/16 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
• 3/27/16 San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
• 3/29/16 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
• 3/30/16 Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
• 3/31/16 Portland, OR @ Analog Café Lounge
• 4/1/16 Nampa, ID @ Flying M
• 4/2/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
• 4/3/16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
• 4/5/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
• 4/6/16 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
• 4/7/16 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
• 4/8/16 Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
• 4/9/16 Pittsburg, PA @ The Smiling Moose; Upstairs

* w/ Mass Gothic

w/ Honduras