Briston Maroney "Sunflower" COLOR:STANDARD who appears during a fierce

who appears during a fierce celebration of a song

King hit Haynes' radar thanks to the reputation the young artist has earned with his incendiary live performances

and drummer Joe Horsham

and is Mraz's first full-length studio recording in over four years

moodier "at dawn they sleep") and the demented lust of a "necrophiliac"

Briston Maroney "Sunflower" COLOR:STANDARD who appears during a fierceRecorded between the summer of 2019 and early 2020 in LA with acclaimed producer John Congleton, Sunflower is "definitely a milestone," Maroney admits. "I'd be lying to say I didn't feel a little bit of that. And why not let yourself enjoy it?" It's also a gut punch of fuzzy power chords ("Sinkin") and genteel acoustics ("Cinnamon"); deftly composed pop songs ("Freeway") and hard charging rockers ("Rollercoaster"). "I put all of myself into it,"