Ghostly Sunflowers

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Squirtgun’s Ghostly Sunflowers is a 12-inch single rather than a full-length album, marking the pop-punk band’s first new studio material in over two decades and signaling a full-c ircle return to the sound they helped define in the 1990s. Built around the title track and companion cuts, it leans into bright, melodic punk with tight, buzzing guitars, driving rhythms, and instantly singable choruses, tapping the same high-energy, hook-heavy spirit that made their early work a staple of the Lookout!/Fat Wreck era. There’s a clear sense of reunion and renewal: you can hear the band playing with the confidence of veterans but with the urgency of a group that still has something to prove.The record showcases the so-called “Supersoaker lineup,” pairing founders Mass and Flav Giorgini with players whose résumés stretch across Teen Idols, Screeching Weasel, Common Rider, and more, which gives the songs a lived-in yet fresh chemistry. Lyrically and tonally, “Ghostly Sunflowers” and its companion tracks balance bittersweet nostalgia with Squirtgun’s characteristic sense of fun, reflecting on time passed and unfinished business without ever losing the buoyant momentum of classic pop-punk. As a release, it functions both as a reintroduction for longtime fans who remember “Social” from the Mallrats soundtrack and as an accessible entry point for new listeners, positioning Squirtgun as not just a legacy act, but a still-vital voice in contemporary melodic punk. Show more