The Not-to-Miss Bands Playing 1.21 Gigawatts Festival This Weekend
Sunflower Bean
On songs like dazed pop standout “2013,” Sunflower Bean plunges into the depths of teenage wasteland, partly by default–comprised of members of famously young Supercute! and Turnip King, their median age is maybe 18 — and partly as a result of aligning with the gleefully tough New York school of sound that gave us “Teenage Riot” and “Rock & Roll,” roughing up songs with warped psychedelic tinges and fuzz overlays, then sweetening them with Julia Cumming’s vocal melodies for a heart-laden emoji world.