Sunfruits / One Degree LP Red & Black Marble Vinyl

Sunfruits 'One Degree' LP Red & Black Marble Vinyl

In high anticipation ever since the Melbourne/Naarm-based psychedelic pop band released their debut EP in 2020, Sunfruits debut album, ‘One Degree’ showcases the band’s talent for writing memorable pop songs and their desire to use their music to inspire change. The album is filled with anthemic choruses, melodic psychedelia, harmonious ballads and danceable indie pop, interplaying with potent lyrical messages of hope and despair. Through the album’s 11 tracks the band explore environmental collapse, resilience, self-reflection, love and relationships, all textured with a coming-of-age feel.
​
One Degree presents a number of perspectives on environmentalism, the world and relationships with oneself and others. These perspectives circle from optimism and calls to action, to pessimism and anxiety. The album is like a prism and through each song, a different emotion comes to light, highlighting why every feeling is valid in our experience as humans. It is through this examination of our environment, the state of the world and our place in it all, that Sunfruits have created a unique and meaningful concept album. 
​
Comprising of Winter McQuinn, Evie Vlah, Elena Jones and Gene Argiro, Sunfruits have been making waves around Melbourne/Naarm and Australia for the past 3 years. On their debut album One Degree, the band presents new-age, anthemic psychedelia and indie-pop, similar to MGMTand Pond. The album’s memorable guitar hooks and garage-rock grit nods to artists such as Ty Segall and 70s glam-rocker, T. Rex, while the album’s softer moments echo the cinematic folk of Weyes Blood. Sunfruits take this eclectic mix of influences and create something uniquely their own, branded by euphonious four part vocals that have become a big part of their new sound. One Degree lets the listener sit with their feelings and encourages them to experience the rawness of human existence — highs, lows and the in-betweens.

The album was recorded over 10 days in June 2021 on Wadawurrung Country / Kennet River, just off the Great Ocean Road on Victoria’s coastline. While the finished album has the modern sound of a high-end studio, it was actually recorded with a DIY approach — converting the living room of a classic Aussie home into their recording room. Theo Carbo was at the helm engineering the sessions, with Sunfruits’ own Gene Argiro on production support. Once recorded, the album was handed over to John Lee at Phaedra Studios (Bananagun, The Murlocs) who did the mixing and mastering.

“…fusing a love for psych-pop styles and garage band flavours with their nuanced take on this existential moment.” — Pilerats

“Melbourne’s purveyors of pristine psychedelic pop.” — Rolling Stone AU/NZ
“Dripping with individuality, Sunfruits’ new-age, anthemic psychedelia and indie-pop debut album ‘One Degree’ truly has it all.” — Forte Mag

Tracklisting:

1. Believe It All
2. Made To Love
3. Better Off Dead
4. One Degree
5. Reeling
6.End Of The World
7. Hello Future Me
8. Feeling Fine
9. Spiders
10. Jasmine
11. Warning Signs