Sunburn (Dominic Fike album)

A press release described the album as consisting exploration of songs having themes of "heartbreak, regret, addiction, sex, and jealousy." It emphasizes that it doesn't aim to present grand declarations from a superstar, but rather offers the raw and vulnerable revelations of a young artist who is still evolving and striving to make a strong impression. Fike called the album "very honest" and stated he "think[s] the world is missing honesty". According to Jim-E Stack, the principal producer on the album, the goal was to "let the world know who Dom is". In a July 2020 NME cover story, Fike revealed his plans on releasing a second album in 2020, stating that he was "making multiple songs a day for what won’t be another guitar-based record". ==Release and promotion==

The album's title was officially confirmed on May 12, 2023, with the official cover art being revealed on May 24, 2023. "Dancing in the Courthouse" was released on April 14, 2023, as the lead single for the album, "Ant Pile", the second single for the album was released on May 26, 2023, "Mona Lisa" was the third single of the album, it was featured in the 2023 American superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, its fourth single "Mama's Boy" was released on June 23, 2023. A concert tour in support of the album, the Don't Stare at the Sun Tour, was announced alongside the release of "Ant Pile". The tour consists of over 28 shows, beginning at TCU Amphitheatre in White River State, Indianapolis on July 13, 2023, and concluding at Iroquois Amphitheatre in Louisville on August 30, 2023. Fike also announced a second leg of the tour, taking place in the UK; the tour started in Glasgow on September 19, 2023, and saw Fike perform in Manchester, Birmingham, and London. ==Critical reception==

Sunburn was met with positive critical reception upon release, receiving a score of 76 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic. Clashs James Mellen summarized Sunburn as "hazy, breezy, with many moments feeling like a homage to California, whether it be 2000s pop influence or West Coast pop-punk reference points. The record is also brief; ten tracks, each one the right length", and remarked that "there's no filler here". ==Commercial performance==

Sunburn debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard 200, including number 4 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. The album also debuted at number 28 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album debuted at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart, making it Fike's first entry in the country's album chart. It also debuted at 57 on the Scottish Albums chart. The album debuted at number 25 in Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart. ==Track listing==

Notes • signifies a co-producer. • signifies an additional producer. • "Mona Lisa", a song originally set to feature on the deluxe version of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack album, was removed from the deluxe version of the soundtrack album and later added to Sunburn, after the album had already been made available for preorder. Because of this, some versions of Sunburn do not include the song and have 14 tracks. • "Think Fast" interpolates "Undone – The Sweater Song" by Weezer. ==Personnel==

Musicians • Dominic Fike – vocals, guitar (all tracks); bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 10), drums (4, 12), programming (4), keyboards (6, 9), percussion (11) • Jim-E Stack – drums (1, 2, 5, 8–10, 12), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 9, 11–13), bass guitar (4), guitar (9), programming (14) • Ariel Rechtshaid – bass guitar, drums (1) • Henry Kwapis – drums (2, 3, 8), programming (4, 5), keyboards (8, 9, 11), percussion (9, 12) • Julian Cruz – drums (2, 14), keyboards (14) • Devin Workman – drums (3, 5, 8, 10, 12), keyboards (4, 5, 8, 9, 13), programming (14) • Capi – keyboards (4) • Anneston Pisayavong – choir (5, 8, 13) • Christopher Davis – choir (5, 8, 13) • Denise Stoudmire – choir (5, 8, 13) • Phylicia Hill – choir (5, 8, 13) • Roman Collins – choir (5, 8, 13) • Sydney Bourne – choir (5, 8, 13) • Eli Teplin – keyboards (5) • Rivers Cuomo - backing vocals (3) • Kid Harpoon – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, guitar, synthesizer (6) • Jeff Gitelman – guitar (6) • Ivan Jackson – horn (6) • Kenny Beats – programming (6) • Remi Wolf – background vocals (8) • Tommy King – keyboards (8) • Westerns – bass guitar (9) • Stewart Brooks – bass guitar (11, 12) • Rahm – piano (11) • Sam Homaee – keyboards, programming (13) Technical • Randy Merrill – mastering (1–6, 8–15) • Joe LaPorta – mastering (7) • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (1–6, 8–15) • Thomas Warren – mixing (7) • Jim-E Stack – engineering (1, 8, 9, 11) • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineering (1) • Devin Workman – engineering (2–4, 5, 9, 12, 13) • Julian Cruz – engineering (2, 14) • Dominic Fike – engineering (4, 11, 12, 14) • Jon Sher – engineering (5, 13) • Emi Trevena – engineering (6) • Brian Rajaratnam – engineering (6) • StarGate – engineering (7) • Ian Gold – engineering (8) • Sam Homaee – engineering (8, 13, 15) • Andrew Keller – engineering (10) • Matt Wolach – engineering assistance (1–6, 8–15) ==Charts==