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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Los Angeles-based self-described folk-punk artist Sunny War features guest appearances by Tré Burt, John Doe, Steve Ignorant, and Valerie June.
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- Record Label: New West Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Record CollectorFeb 24, 2025Armageddon In A Summer Dress is brimming with musical and lyrical invention. Sensational. [Mar 2025, p.105]
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Feb 20, 2025The product of constant playing and musical experimentation between tour duties, Armageddon In A Summer Dress marks the point where the nominally folkie Ward goes electric. The effect is frequently electrifying.
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MojoFeb 20, 2025If her 2023 breakthrough Anarchist Gospel was sparse and brooding, haunted by break-ups and deaths in the family, Armageddon In A Summer Dress bristles with Tom petty guitars, skinny-tie keyboards and a hard-won sense that - despite the miserable treatments of the have-nots - humanity might still be worth saving. [Mar 2025, p.87]
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Feb 20, 2025There are some more hopeful cuts on the album, such as “Rise”, that notes “bad days come and go”—and so do good ones. However, most of the songs, with names such as ‘Cry Baby”, “No One Calls Me Baby”, “Scornful Heart”, and are sad.
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Feb 20, 2025With this release, Sunny War solidifies herself as a fearless voice in contemporary music.
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Feb 20, 2025It is a hard-to-classify effort that shifts genres and influences often as War moves through different motifs.
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UncutFeb 20, 2025An album replete with a rich, warm vibe that is more country-soul than punk rock, with swirling organ prominent in the mix. [Feb 2025, p.43]