Rolling Stone Says Simple Syrup Is Sunny War’s Most Exciting Offering Yet

Rolling Stone writes, “California folk-punk Sunny War has released a series of increasingly sharp collections of meditative modern roots music since her 2015 debut Worthless. Her latest, Simple Syrup, is her most exciting and pop-conversant collection to date, full of weary melodic blues (‘The Losing Hand’), shrugged-off, humorous heartbreak (‘Love Is a Pest’), and urgent rhyme schemes (‘Mama’s Milk’). ‘I do not exist to uplift or appease you,”’War sings in the latter, a manifesto for an album that insists on dictating its own terms.” Read more here.