Sunflower Bean, DJ HYSTERICA: VersoFest 2023 Kickoff

The Westport Library*

Brooklyn-based band will take the stage for an intimate kickoff concert at the state-of-the-art Verso Studios venue. DJ HYSTERICA opens.

Westport Public Library

VersoFest is a muti-day music and media festival/conference born out of Verso Studios at The Westport Library. Verso Studios is a library branch of the 21st century focusing on multimedia programming and commercial services as well as educational and content creation opportunities.Sunflower Bean frontperson, singer-songwriter Julia Cumming, returns to her home base of Fairfield County hot off Sunflower Bean’s headlining presence at South by Southwest 2023. Recently, Sunflower Bean’s Headful of Sugar was named #41 of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2022, and Consequence of Sound proudly referred to the band as “one of the most consistent and beloved staples of the scene.” Cumming (bass, lead vocals), Nick Kivlen (guitars, backing vocals), and Olive Faber (drums) formed Sunflower Bean in early 2013, “made up of young people staring down a terrifying future and finding camaraderie in the eclectic rock ‘n’ roll aesthetics.” Their 2014 College Music Journal Music Marathon performance received press from (among others) Jon Pareles of The New York Times, who described their sound as “… what might have happened if psychedelia had emerged after punk and the Police rather than before." The band has toured extensively with artists as disparate as Beck, Cage the Elephant, Interpol, Courtney Barnett, The Pixies, The Kills, DIIV, Courtney Barnett, and Wolf Alice. Outside music, Cumming programs events through her project Anger Can Be Power, inspiring young people, particularly women, into concrete political action. She is also active in fashion, with Yves Saint Laurent Creative Director Hedi Slimane having signed Cumming to an exclusive modeling contract. Cumming has been frequently cited as “Hedi’s muse” in the press. Her career has expanded to modeling for top, au courant designers like Anna Sui, Elsa Schiaparelli, Max Mara, Rochas and Fausto Puglisi, as well as global campaigns for H&M and Diesel. Cumming is an active member in the Model Alliance, a group that advocates for the enforcement of existing child labor and contract laws, promotes equal opportunity, and fosters a culture of accountability in the fashion industryCumming is the daughter of Cynthia Harden and Alec Cumming, the latter a familiar Fairfield County presence at 89.5 WPKN FM with his Snap Crackle POP! radio shows and frequent vinyl DJ sets at Berlinetta Brewing.DJ HYSTERICA ignites DJ decks in the tri-state area with her selections of 60s psych, garage, glam, power pop, ye-ye, greasy r&b, new wave, dark wave, punk - you know, the good stuff! This extends to HYSTERICA's weekly Monday 3PM show on WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room, and monthly Rock 'n' Roll Radio show on WHUS.A﻿ll VersoFest 2023 concerts are co-produced with the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce.

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