Briston Maroney "Indiana" As Heard On XRT - September 2025 Clash and the Damned

Clash and the Damned

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Briston Maroney "Indiana" As Heard On XRT - September 2025 Clash and the DamnedRecorded 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,"