''Twentytwo in Blue'' is the second

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by American

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band

Sunflower Bean Sunflower Bean is an American rock band from Glen Head, New York and Brooklyn founded in 2013. The band consists of Julia Cumming (bass, lead vocals), Nick Kivlen (guitars, backing vocals), and Olive Faber (drums). Their most recent album ''Headf ...

. It was released on March 23, 2018, under Lucky Number in the UK and

Mom + Pop Music Mom + Pop Music is a New York City-based independent record label whose current roster includes Courtney Barnett, Madeon, Tom Morello, Porter Robinson, Tycho, Tash Sultana, Sunflower Bean, Beach Bunny, Caamp, Del Water Gap and more. Founder an ...

worldwide.

Release

The first single "I Was A Fool" was released on November 3, 2017. Guitarist Nick Kivlen explained the song "seemingly crept up from nowhere and into our practice space. It was a special moment between the three of us, Julia and I both improvised the lyrics." The second single "Crisis Fest" was released on January 12, 2018, along with the announcement of their second album. On February 23, 2018, the third single "Twentytwo" was released. The fourth single "Human For" was released on March 16, 2018.

Critical reception

''Twentytwo in Blue'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 78, based on 20 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 24 reviews. Tim Sendra from

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said the band "don't pull any punches and the record has an immediate impact, both sonically and emotionally. About half the record sounds like the work of a road-tested, whip-smart rock & roll band," while noting the album fits "together perfectly; from the songs to the sounds to the performances, it's indie rock and pop at their thoughtful, searching, sweet, and punchy best." Alex McLevy from ''

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'' said the album is "tighter in execution, broader in scope, and more pop-focused in nearly every way. Taken as a collection, it sounds like a jukebox full of lost ’70s hits." In a review published by '' Clash'', Aurora Henni Krogh said "Sunflower Bean have found a maturity and a balance between lyrics and melody that infatuates. Though they sometimes still miss, 'Twentytwo In Blue' stakes out the loss of innocence that comes with growing up, and it does it beautifully."

Accolades

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Track listing

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Charts

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Personnel

{{col-begin {{col-2 Musicians *

Julia Cumming Julia Rachel Cumming (born January 16, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter who is the frontwoman and bass player of the Brooklyn-based band Sunflower Bean. Cumming models occasionally, and has modeled for several well known designers and has a ...

– lead vocals, bass * Nick Kivlen – guitar * Olive Faber – drums {{col-2 Production *

Joe LaPorta Joseph J. LaPorta (born ) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-laporta-mn000199340/credits/date-asc/ Career Born and raised in New York, LaPorta graduated from New York Univer ...

– mastering *

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– engineer * Matthew Molnar – producer * Jacob Portrait – mixing, producer * Rachel Cabitt – layout {{col-end

Release history

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References

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