Sunflower Bean will release their transformative new album Mortal Primetime this Friday, April 25th. They have already shared early singles “Champagne Taste” and “Nothing Romantic,” and today they share one final preview that shows another side of the record. A powerful and searing track about personal experiences with being groomed, “There’s a Part I Can’t Get Back” finds Julia Cumming “as intentional and direct as possible,” as she grapples with what she encountered. Central to the themes of the record, the video for “There’s a Part I Can’t Get Back” finds all three members of Sunflower Bean supporting one another as they fight to regain their footing. Listen to the song and watch the moving video from Harv Frost now below.
Cumming explains of the track: “This song is about the lasting scars of grooming—the parts of yourself that are stolen and the anger you carry because of it. It came to me in such a raw and direct way, there was no second-guessing or wondering how I felt. I didn’t want to write a song about being healed, I wanted to be angry about needing to heal at all. The line, ‘If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord lets me get even first,’ is important because it captures the intensity of these feelings and how they go beyond logic. I am confronting the pain and the questions that will never be answered.”
Sunflower Bean are known for their blistering live show, and will return to the UK next week to celebrate the release of their album with in-stores for Resident in Brighton, Rough Trade and Banquet in London, and dates in Liverpool and Leeds. This Spring, their US headline tour in support of Mortal Primetime begins, including a hometown show at Warsaw in Brooklyn. All live dates and ticket links are available on the band’s website.
