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Apr 25, 2025If you fell in love with Sunflower Bean's early indie-pop and marveled at their turn towards alt-rock cool, Mortal Primetime is the best of both worlds; an assured album of rock and roll magic, dusted with emotive pop pathos.
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Apr 25, 2025Records almost never feel like they simply sprung, fully formed, from a band’s collective unconscious, yet here lies Mortal Primetime: It’s not perfect, but damned if it isn’t timeless.
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Apr 24, 2025‘Mortal Primetime’ doesn’t hold your hand or ease you into its sonic shifts. Instead, Sunflower Bean embrace this constant reinvention head-on with a record that only years of experience and an unshakable bond could produce.
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Apr 24, 2025This isn’t a reinvention, it’s a reckoning, shaped by time, distance, and perspective. For a band who once questioned their future, this feels like a return made entirely on their own terms.
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Record CollectorJun 12, 2025Eclectic in all the best ways. [Jul 2025, p.105]
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MojoApr 24, 2025You can't pin them down, but there lies the joy. [Jun 2025, p.84]
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Apr 24, 2025Mortal Primetime is the band’s softest album and has less dynamic intrigue than Headfull of Sugar. It’s focused more on storytelling and pop hooks than on in-your-face rock. It’s an album more about the stories than the licks, though there are still enough distorted guitars and driving rhythms for the rock fans.
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Oct 1, 2025The record presents a matured version of Sunflower Bean’s sound; a testament to their growth, both as musicians and as people.
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UncutSep 8, 2025Fractures sound healed, leaving Sunflower Bean's classicist optimism intact. [Jul 2025, p.37]
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Apr 25, 2025Mortal Primetime sees the rebirth of the New York trio; emerging from the shadows of winter to tilt their heads towards the brighter, more fruitful pastures of spring.
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