It gave The Bees a Mercury Prize nomination in 2003.
The Bees have announced a multi-format reissue of their debut album Sunshine Hit Me.
The remastered record will be available via 1LP colour vinyl, deluxe CD and digital formats on September 22nd, containing six bonus tracks including the previously unreleased song Seeds which is streaming online now.
“When we were writing Sunshine Hit Me, it would have been difficult for us to think that twenty plus years later, we would get to celebrate it once again,” they’ve said.
“An album underlined inherently with themes of fighting; the winning and the losing, the glory and the bruising, of taking it to the bell and still standing strong.”
We took our inspiration from multiple genres and pioneering artists. Jamaican roots, Brazilian Tropicalia, Afrobeat, James Bond soundtracks, sun drenched soul, psychedelia and under the stars around the campfire folk music. There’s no question that the golden periods of the 1960’s and early 1970’s informed our sound. Globally blending, Sunshine Hit Me is the mixtape that reflected all our treasured finds.
