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SUNFLOWER SEEDS “My first memory is of being like, ‘I want to be in the Beatles,’” says Cumming. “Four years old, in the playground.”

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Kivlen and Faber spent a year each in college before bailing to focus on the band. “I was like, ‘I have a gig at Death by Audio tonight. I’m not going to be doing the reading,’ ” Kivlen recalls.

THE MAESTRO Faber cites Mike Dean, the Houston legend who’s worked with Kanye and Travis Scott, as a key influence on the new LP’s big, bold sound.