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Jan 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Sunflower Bean

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New York trio Sunflower Bean have announced a new album, Twentytwo in Blue, and shared a new song, “Crisis Fest.” Twentytwo in Blue is due out March 2. It includes “I Was a Fool,” a song the band shared back in November. Below is “Crisis Fest,” followed by the album tracklist and cover art, as well as the band’s upcoming tour dates. Also below is the video for “I Was a Fool” again.

Sunflower released their debut album, Human Ceremony, on Fat Possum in 2016. “Crisis Fest” has a video as well, but it’s currently an Apple Music exclusive and can be watched over there.

The band issued this collective statement about “Crisis Fest”: “This last year was extremely alarming, traumatic, and politically volatile. While writing this album, we often reflected back on the people we met while on tour. We felt a strong kinship with the audiences that came to see us all over the country, and we wanted to write a song for them - something to capture the anxieties of an uncertain future. ‘Crisis Fest’ is less about politics and more about the power of us, the young people in this country.”

Read our 2016 interview with Sunflower Bean, as well as our review of Human Ceremony.

Twentytwo in Blue Tracklist:

1. Burn It
2. I Was a Fool
3. Twentytwo
4. Crisis Fest
5. Memoria
6. Puppet Strings
7. Only A Moment
8. Human For
9. Any Way You Like
10. Sinking Sands
11. Oh No, Bye Bye

Sunflower Bean Tour Dates:

1/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits
1/31 - Chicago, IL @ Metro ^
2/01 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East ^
2/03 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk ^
2/05 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger ^
2/06 - Dallas, TX @ Granada ^
2/07 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Inside Downstairs) ^
2/09 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans ^
2/10 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt ^
2/11 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre ^
2/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
2/14 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
2/22 - London, UK @ The Jazz Cafe @
3/01 - Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
3/02 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
3/24 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
3/26 - Norwich, UK @ Open Norwich
3/27 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
3/28 - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK @ Riverside
3/29 - Leeds, UK @ Wardrobe
3/30 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
3/31 - Liverpool, UK @ The Magnet
4/01 - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
4/03 - Bristol, UK @ Thekla
4/05 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
4/06 - London, UK @ Koko
4/09 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
4/10 - Antwerp, Belgium @ TRIX VZW
4/11 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
4/12 - Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
4/13 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loppen
4/14 - Berlin, Germany @ Rosis
4/15 - Vienna, Austria @ Chelsea Club
4/17 - Lausanne, Switzerland @ Le Romandie
4/18 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
4/19 - Cologne, Germany @ Blue Shell
5/20 - Gulf Shores, AL @ The Hangout Music Festival
^ - w/ Sleigh Bells
@ - supporting Jessie Ware

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