Sunflower Bean Detail New Album ‘Mortal Primetime’ & 2025 North American Tour Dates
Watch the Isaac Roberts-directed music video for lead single, “Champagne Taste.”
By Nate Todd Jan 30, 2025 • 3:23 pm PST
Photo by Lulu Syracuse
Rock trio Sunflower Bean confirmed a new album, Mortal Primetime, arriving on April 25, and previewed the LP with the lead single, “Champagne Taste.” The band also mapped out 2025 North American Tour dates around the record with support from Gift at most shows.
Sunflower Bean will begin their tour on May 15 in Troy (New York) before heading to Philadelphia on May 16. The band will perform in Boston on May 17, followed by a show in Brooklyn on May 22.
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Washington D.C. will host the group on May 23, with performances in Raleigh (North Carolina) on May 24 and Asheville (North Carolina) on May 25. Sunflower Bean will stop in Nashville on May 27 before making their way to Atlanta on May 28. The tour continues in Denton (Texas) on May 30, followed by Austin on May 31 and Houston on June 1.
The band will head west for a show in Phoenix on June 4, followed by stops in San Diego on June 5, Los Angeles on June 6, and San Francisco on June 7. They will perform in Portland (Oregon) on June 9 before heading to Seattle on June 10. The tour resumes in Salt Lake City on June 12, followed by a show in Fort Collins (Colorado) on June 13 and a stop in Denver on June 14.
Sunflower Bean will return to the Midwest with a performance in Minneapolis on June 17. The band will then play in Chicago on June 19 and Detroit on June 20 before concluding their tour in Toronto on June 21.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 31 at 10 a.m. local time.
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Sunflower Bean’s forthcoming album, Mortal Primetime, is the band’s first in three years since 2022’s Headful of Sugar.
Speaking about Mortal Primetime, bassist/vocalist Julia Cumming said, “You get to decide what your prime is, and you fight for it. This is ours, and that can’t be taken away by circumstance. We can’t take it away from each other. This moment, where we are now, is what we’ve always fought for.”
The LP is previewed by “Champagne Taste,” named after the moniker Sunflower Bean uses for secrets shows.
“This song came after a period that felt like rock bottom for the band,” the trio stated. “It is about feeling beaten down but still driving forward, to keep faith, to grow and to continue to create on our own terms, our Mortal Primetime.”
Watch the Isaac Roberts-directed music video for “Champagne Taste” below:
