SUNFLOWER BEAN

The sound of young NYC power pop is in good hands with Julia Cumming and co, hitting the pleasure spots with ease and aplomb on this pithy, melody enriched and politically pointed second album. Recorded as the band reached the age of 22 – and blue because of the prevailing mood of the times – the glam stomp and guitar love bombs of Crisis Fest set the scene. Warmth and loveliness shine on in intoxicating love songs such as Any Way You Like. Imagine Blondie meeting The Lemonheads, without the bad drugs.