“From green rooms to lost highways, we travel from town to town, feeling alive only in the escape of our show,” the band said in a statement
Performing in front of a crowd is fun — but there’s not much to celebrate about the loneliness that creeps up during the lulls of being on tour. On Tuesday, Sunflower Bean debuted their new single “Nothing Romantic,” which captures those feelings of dread after being away from the stage and on your own.
“‘Nothing Romantic’ is about rejecting the myth of the tortured artist — realizing that the joys of creativity don’t have to come from the lows of misery,” the band — comprising vocalist Julia Cumming, guitarist Nick Kivlen, and drummer Olive Faber — said in a statement.
The Sophia Feuer and Tyler Macri-directed video captures the band walking away from some masked villains that haunt and attack the trio during the performances.
“The video mirrors this journey, capturing our lives as touring musicians in between nightmarish performances,” the band added. “From green rooms to lost highways, we travel from town to town, feeling alive only in the escape of our show. There’s tension between the connection and solitude; on stage, we’re together, sharing our music with others but later isolation and the price of our sacrifices creep in.”
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The new single is set to be featured on their upcoming album, Mortal Primetime, which arrives April 25. They led the album with the single “Champagne Taste.” The upcoming album follows their EP Shake, which dropped in September.
“You get to decide what your prime is, and you fight for it,” Cumming said of the album. “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.”
