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\u201cNew York City\u2019s coolest young band\u201d \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re making indie exciting again, basically.\u201d \u2013 NME<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t be misled by the name. This band rocks hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sunflower Bean write perfect pop-psychedelic songs that are meant to be experienced live. Beguiling, moody melodies that are a little bit dark and quite a bit sexy.<\/p>\n Their well of influences runs deep and bountiful: you\u2019ll hear bits of The Velvet Underground, Neu! and Kraftwerk, the blues rock of Fleetwood Mac and the woozy textures of bands like Tame Impala.\u00a0 As bassist Julia Cumming puts it: \u201cYou’re allowed to obsess over Black Sabbath as well as The Cure. It’d be boring if everything was just one way or the other.”<\/p>\n There\u2019s never a dull moment with this lot. Their live shows are \u201cingenious, impressive\u201d affairs [Rolling <\/em>Stone] that \u201cleave everyone in attendance reeling\u201d [The Line of Best Fit<\/em>].<\/p>\n They\u2019re one of the world\u2019s most exciting young guitar bands, and we\u2019re hugely stoked to have them play our second Concrete & Grass warm-up show.<\/p>\n Wednesday, August 17<\/strong> in Shanghai (Yuyintang<\/strong>). Thursday, August 18<\/strong> in Beijing (Modernsky Lab). Buzzy, fuzzy and impossibly alluring. These are going to be good.<\/p>\n Sunflower Bean find magic within friction. Through constant gigging around New York, Sunflower Bean sprouted into a sonic enigma, boasting a fiery musical call-and-response that serves as a centerpiece, giving the music what Jacob refers to as a \u201clyrical aspect\u201d between the guitars, drums, and bass.<\/p>\n They transferred this multi-headed energy into their 2015 Independent EP, Show Me Your Seven Secrets<\/em>. At the same time, this distinct alchemy enchanted ever-growing audiences live. By the time, they entered the studio for their debut album, Sunflower Bean had a lively aural cauldron from which to draw.<\/p>\n The trio\u2019s first full-length, Human Ceremony,<\/em> emerges at the intersection of dreamy modern psychedelica and urgent fuzzed-out bliss. That push-and-pull colours the aural tapestry of these three musicians\u2014Jacob Faber [drums], Julia Cumming [vocals\/bass], and Nick Kivlen [vocals\/guitars].<\/p>\n Whereas the EP was recorded after Sunflower Bean played 100 shows in one year, Human Ceremony<\/em> showed the band\u2019s studio side with richer soundscapes, overdubs, and music that had yet to be debuted live.<\/p>\n There\u2019s nowhere to go but up for these three.<\/p>\n Wednesday, August 17<\/strong> in Shanghai<\/strong> (with support from psych-pop trio Dream Can) and Thursday, August 18<\/strong> in Beijing <\/strong>(with support from catchy indie-punksters The Diagon Alley).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Concrete & Grass Presents: Sunflower Bean<\/strong><\/p>\n [Shanghai]<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>August 17th, Wednesday | 8:30pm
\nVenue: <\/strong>Yuyintang
\nAddress: <\/strong>851 Kaixuan Road near West Yan’an Road (\u51ef\u65cb\u8def851\u53f7,\u8fd1\u5ef6\u5b89\u897f\u8def\u53e3)
\nTickets: <\/strong>120 (presale) \/ 160 (door)
\nPresale Link:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/yoopay.cn\/event\/SunflowerBeanSH<\/a>
\nSupport: <\/strong>Dream Can \u8c37\u6c34\u8f66\u95f4
\n*\u00a0Pre-sales\u00a0end\u00a0on 12 noon, Aug.17th, 2016<\/em>
\n Tickets once sold cannot be refunded!<\/em>
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