“You Have Fallen… Congratulations! is the fifth full-length album by Porto noise-punk explorers Sunflowers. A jagged, blown-out descent into psychological freefall, the album finds the band refining their chaotic signature while letting go of structure altogether. It’s a record that refuses to look away from the madness of modern existence — choosing instead to laugh, scream, and contort itself into something stranger, louder, and far more unstable. Across eight tracks, the album pinballs between noise-rock, punk, warped psych and a sort of mangled pop sensibility. It’s loud and sharp-edged, but with moments of eerie restraint — like falling through a trapdoor into calm, then being hurled back into chaos. Feedback wails like sirens, drums slam with tribal force, and the bass throbs like a pulse trying to keep steady. It’s a sound that’s constantly falling apart and reassembling in real time. The title isn’t just tongue-in-cheek — it’s an existential shrug with teeth.
A sarcastic trophy for surviving the disintegration. It’s the voice in your head that says, “Congrats, you made it… now what?” And while the album drips with anxiety and tension, it never gives in to despair. There’s a sardonic, almost playful undercurrent running through the whole thing — like dancing in the wreckage just to prove you’re still alive.
A jagged, blown-out descent into psychological free-fall, ‘You Have Fallen… Congratulations!’ finds Sunflowers refining their chaotic signature while letting go of structure altogether: “Chameleon Kid” sets the tone with a high-voltage rejection of social camouflage: a breakneck garage punk anthem for the misfits, channelling the chaos of identity in a world that demands conformity. It’s raw, noisy, and unapologetically wired, just like a Molotov cocktail hurled at social norms.”
Porto noise-punk explorers Sunflowers new ‘You Have Fallen… Congratulations!’ LP The band’s fifth full-length arrives November 7th 2025 and the wild first single ‘Chameleon Kid’ is out everywhere now!
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