Sunflower Bean Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/sunflower-bean/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:17:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Sunflower Bean Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/sunflower-bean/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2025/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:46:50 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042753 It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and as we noted at the year’s midway point, that theory has been put to the test in this miserable and exhausting 2025. So to wrap up a year where music either inspired action or helped soundtrack distraction, we’re rounding up our 20 most favorite tracks that have helped ease life’s firehose of chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our long and tiresome days. As is […]

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]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite national songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-national-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041921 It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and that theory has really been put to the test in this miserable 2025. So as we hit the half-way point of the year, we’re rounding up the new and notable singles that have helped distract from the chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our days. True to form, the bangers we’re feeling the most this year span a spectrum of genres, from SpiritWorld’s hellacious acres […]

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]]> The V List: Five of our favorite national tracks from March 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/04/02/the-v-list-five-of-our-favorite-national-tracks-from-march-2025/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:43:38 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041098 Editor’s Note: Anyone who says there isn’t good music coming out these days — and quite literally, every day — simply isn’t paying attention. Vanyaland’s compilation feature The V List highlights the best in new music, both homegrown and national, over the past month, pulling together the sounds that have soundtracked the website in recent weeks. It’s all the stuff we’re bumping here at Vanyaland HQ, one new bop at a time. Charlotte OC, ‘God, We Tried’ Around these parts, we simply love a good O’Connor comeback story. […]

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]]> Sunflower Bean know there’s ‘Nothing Romantic’ in being alone https://vanyaland.com/2025/03/31/sunflower-bean-know-theres-nothing-romantic-in-being-alone/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:04:03 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041077 When Sunflower Bean roll into our town, and they do just that on May 17 when the alt-rock band plays Deep Cuts in Medford, they’ll have been in Philly for a show the night before and upstate New York just prior to that. It’s only the start of a 25-date spring tour in support of next month’s new album Mortal Primetine, set for release April 25 via Lucky Number. And as American highways deliver the ‘Bean to venues across the country, […]

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]]> V3 Weekend: Sunflower Bean, Iliza Shlesinger, ‘Dio: Dreamers Never Die’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/04/29/v3-weekend-sunflower-bean-iliza-shlesinger-dio-dreamers-never-die/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:03:38 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10030166 Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. Music: Sunflower Bean at Brighton Music Hall “Tomorrow is not promised, no tour is promised, no popularity is promised, no health or money is promised. Why not make what you want to […]

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]]> Sunflower Bean drop a beat on your side hustle with ‘Roll The Dice’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/03/10/sunflower-bean-drop-a-beat-on-your-side-hustle-with-roll-the-dice/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:30:06 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10029566 We cover Sunflower Bean quite a bit on these digital pages, but that’s because each new track from the New York trio brings with it a genuine excitement that cascades over us with each initial listen. This week’s new single “Roll The Dice,” which dropped Monday (March 7), is a glacial alt-pop tune with a heavy low-end and dual vocals from vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming and guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen. It’s from their forthcoming album Headful of Sugar, […]

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]]> Sunflower Bean wanna know ‘Who Put You Up To This?’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/02/08/sunflower-bean-wanna-know-who-put-you-up-to-this/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:54:49 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10029287 “Sometimes you have to let go of who you have been so that you can become who you want to be.” No, that’s not Don Draper dropping knowledge on Vanyaland in 2022; that’s from Sunflower Bean, the New York City trio who release a lovely new groove-heavy alt-R&B track today called “Who Put You Up To This?” This new one from da ‘Bean — who we’ve shown up for quite a bit over the years — comes with a wealth […]

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]]> Sunflower Bean dry our misty eyes with the infectious ‘Baby Don’t Cry’ https://vanyaland.com/2021/10/14/sunflower-bean-dry-our-misty-eyes-with-the-infectious-baby-dont-cry/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:16:38 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10028147 There are three things we can count on in life: Inevitable death, annual taxes, and unfuckwithable jams courtesy of from Sunflower Bean. Luckily, we only need to deal with one of those this week, and it’s the most welcome, as the New York trio offer up an effervescent new power-pop tune called “Baby Don’t Cry.” Produced and mixed by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, co-engineered by Portrait and Jake Faber, and recorded between Electric Lady and Sunflower Bean Studios, “Baby Don’t […]

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]]> Sunflower Bean encourage togetherness on new jam ‘Moment In The Sun’ https://vanyaland.com/2020/09/17/sunflower-bean-encourage-togetherness-on-new-jam-moment-in-the-sun/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:40:17 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10023111 Whether you realize it or not, Sunflower Bean have been low-key dropping capital-J jams for a few solid years now. From their early mid-2010’s releases to last year’s wildly spectacular King Of The Dudes EP (which included confrontational neo-glam anthem “Come For Me”), the New York trio seem to get better with their youthful age. Today (September 17), Sunflower Bean — a mighty troika of Julia Cumming, Nick Kivlen, and Jacob Faber — dropped a new joint called “Moment In The Sun”. […]

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]]> This Stream Is Tonight: Sunflower Bean holla at Dream Wife and The Lemon Twigs https://vanyaland.com/2020/04/23/this-stream-is-tonight-sunflower-bean-holla-dream-wife-and-the-lemon-twigs/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:37:53 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10020473 Editor’s Note: We have tweaked our This Show Is Tonight series to reflect the recent phenomenon of live music livestreaming in the age of social distancing. *** As Victoria Wasylak detailed yesterday in her Stream On article, and as all these This Stream Is Tonight posts would attest, everyone’s live on the internet during the Great Pause. But New York’s Sunflower Bean are adding another layer to the screen show, taking over The Bowery Presents’ Instagram page and hosting a Q&A tonight […]

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