Hailing from just down the road in Leeds, Sunflower Thieves are an acoustic folk duo who are appearing on our pages for the first time through their new single How Was America.

By Graeme Smith

Feature photo by Nick Porter

Sunflower Thieves are Amy Illingworth and Lily Sturt-Bolshaw. They’ve received backing from BBC Radio 1, 6 Music and Radio X yet we have somehow never featured them before on this blog before.

Their new track How Was America explores the emotion of being in a tumultuous friendship, inspired by Lily’s real experience of being ghosted by a friend. Beautifully ambient, emotional vocals tell a captivating story that doesn’t hold back. As things progress, the instrumental builds, finally arriving at a cinematic climax.

How Was America is out now and you can check it out below.