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ANARCHIST GOSPEL (2023)

Anarchist Gospel Album Credits & Lyrics HERE
Anarchist Gospel Album Announcement Press Release HERE

The 25 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2023 - Rolling Stone
The Best Albums of 2023 - Uncut Magazine
”Whole” The Best Songs of 2023 - NPR Music
The Best Country, Folk, and Americana Albums of 2023 - Paste Magazine
Writers’ Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2023 - No Depression
The Best Albums of 2023 - Flood Magazine
The Best Southern Albums of 2023 - The Bitter Southerner
The Best Albums of 2023 - PopMatters
The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2023 - PopMatters
The Best Indie Roots Albums of 2023 - Magnet Magazine
The BGS Class of 2023 - Our Year End Favorites - The Bluegrass Situation
The 20 Best Albums of 2023 - Glide Magazine
The Best Albums of 2023 - Louder Than War
Outstanding and Essential Albums of 2023 - WMOT
Photographers’ Favorite Roots Albums of 2023 - No Depression
Top 5 Folks & Americana Albums of 2023 - Slug Magazine

"...her exceptional seventh album Anarchist Gospel, is a significant breakthrough...it's one of 2023's best so far." - MOJO

"... Americana's brightest star and biggest disruptor." - Uncut Magazine

“The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far)” - Rolling Stone

”The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far)” - SPIN

“The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far)” - The Bluegrass Situation

“The Best Albums of 2023” - Louder Than War

“The Most Anticipated Albums of 2023” - Stereogum

“The Most Anticipated Albums of 2023” - Brooklyn Vegan

“Thrilling” - NPR Music

“…her most compelling record yet.” - NPR World Cafe

“Anarchist Gospel is Sunny War’s most compelling album yet.” - NPR World Cafe

“It all amounts to a powerful statement from a singer-songwriter poised to become one of the year’s most vital voices in roots music.” - Rolling Stone

“…Anarchist Gospel is a stellar work of art.” Album of the Day - Bandcamp

"Sunny Ware is a rare reminder of what the real thing sounds like." - The Bluegrass Situation

"...through the originality of her fingerpicking and the might of her fortitude, she channels an entire breadth of folk music and refracts it through a modern DIY prism... a rich, evocative portrait." 8 out of 10 - Uncut Magazine

"an exercise in building hope out of chaos... remarkably centred and complete, the work of a songwriter who knows who she is and how she got here." 4 Stars - MOJO Album of the Month

“In a competitive field, this is the thrilling, uncompromising future of contemporary American roots music” ***** The Sun (UK)

“She sounds like a shrewd, modern-day Nina Simone... a victory of an album." 9/10 Stars - Holler

"The album, showcasing her probingly personal writing, affectingly understated voice, and magnetically dexterous acoustic folk-blues fingerpicking, is the work of an accomplished and distinctive artist. " - SPIN

“…emotionally resonant and curiously hopeful” - Pitchfork

"Sunny War is one of the most promising, exciting voices in American roots music. Anarchist Gospel is a testament to clear-eyed persistence and gritty hope." 8/10 - PopMatters

“Sunny War can’t be contained.” - Paste Magazine

"...Anarchist Gospel seems poised to be her biggest breakthrough yet." - Brooklyn Vegan

”… a document of pressure and resilience as Sunny weathers the winds of change, powerfully capturing the feeling of navigating a life in limbo.” - Under the Radar

"The album stands as a testament to life’s hardships and a declaration of triumph." - No Depression

"Haunting and heart-stopping, it’s what we’ve come to expect from the no-shit-taken, no-fucks-given singer-songwriter, who is often at her most incendiary and emotionally tempestuous in her quieter moments; one of the many contradictions she carries." - Holler

"...a stunningly effective experience... a thoroughly unforgettable listen." - Glide Magazine

"This remarkable country blues album gets under your skin with its subtle acoustic guitar melodies, gospel backing vocals, warm organ interludes and War’s sonorous tones, which bring to mind an American Joan Armatrading". **** - The Times (UK)

"Sunny War's Anarchist Gospel is 2023's first great album." - Louder Than War

"Like Will Oldham and Mark EItzel and the great sad-folk singers of our time, when she sings, Sunny War has that same sense of effortless expressiveness in every turn of phrase and that same ability to find light somewhere in all that the darkness." - Holler

"...should be the breakthrough that lifts her to a new level in the Americana field, a prominence that is long overdue." - Paste Magazine

”…a phenomenal record.” - Nashville Scene

"There's a raw beauty on all the songs on Anarchist Gospel. Sunny War wears her emotions on her sleeve in her brilliant songwriting. With her stirring vocals and moving guitar, she calls forth the deep shadows that pass over the human heart, and the redemption that lies in wait." - Folk Alley

Press Highlights:
CBS Saturday Morning: Interview Segment HERE
CBS Saturday Morning: “No Reason” Performance HERE
CBS Saturday Morning: “New Day” Performance HERE
CBS Saturday Morning: “Whole” Performance HERE
Jimmy Kimmel Live!: “No Reason” Performance HERE
The Late Show with Steven Colbert: “No Reason” Performance HERE
The Kelly Clarkson Show: “No Reason” Performance HERE
NPR World Cafe: Episode HERE
Rolling Stone: Album Review HERE
Rolling Stone: The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far) HERE
Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2023 HERE
Pitchfork: Album Review HERE
SPIN: Feature & Full Album Premiere HERE
SPIN: The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far) HERE
SPIN: Activism Feature HERE
The Talkhouse: Episode with Steve Ignorant of Crass HERE
Paste Magazine: Feature HERE
Relix Magazine: Feature HERE
No Depression: Essay written by Sunny War HERE
The New Yorker: Tour Opener Preview HERE
MOJO: Album Review HERE
Bandcamp: Album of the Day, Bandcamp Friday HERE
The New York Times: “The Playlist” HERE
NPR All Songs Considered: “No Reason” Premiere HERE
NPR Fresh Air: Episode HERE
NPR Music: “Whole” The Best Songs of 2023 HERE
WMOT: The String Episode HERE
The Bluegrass Situation: Cover Story HERE
The Bluegrass Situation: The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far) HERE
Guitar World: Feature HERE
Premier Guitar: Feature HERE
Under the Radar: “Higher” Premiere HERE
Stereogum: “Baby Bitch” Premiere HERE
Holler: “New Day” Premiere HERE
Holler: Album Review HERE
Holler: “The Songs That Changed My Life” Feature HERE
KCRW: “No Reason” “Today’s Top Tune” HERE
The Line of Best Fit: Album Review HERE
PopMatters: Album Review HERE
PopMatters: The Best Albums of 2023 HERE
PopMatters: 15 Best Americana Albums of 2023 HERE
No Depression: Album Review HERE
Brooklyn Vegan: Album Review HERE
Glide Magazine: Album Review HERE
Glide Magazine: The 20 Best Albums of 2023 HERE
Folk Alley: Album Review HERE
American Songwriter: Album Review HERE
Americana Highways: Album Review HERE
Nashville Scene: Feature HERE
Smithsonian Folkways: “People’s Pick” Playlist HERE
Magnet Magazine: The Best Indie Roots Albums of 2023 HERE
Flood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2023 HERE
The Bitter Southerner: The Best Southern Albums of 2023 HERE
The Bluegrass Situation: The BGS Class of 2023 HERE
WMOT: Outstanding and Essential Albums of 2023 HERE
Paste Magazine: The Best Country, Folk, and Americana Albums of 2023 HERE
No Depression: Writers’ Favorite Roots Albums of 2023 HERE
No Depression: ND Photographers’ Favorite Roots Albums of 2023 HERE
The Bluegrass Situation: The BGS Class of 2023 / Our Year End Favorites HERE
Slug Magazine: Top 5 Folk & Americana Albums of 2023 HERE