Kevin Bronson on June 16th, 2018

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Sunflower Bean on Friday night were playing their third Los Angeles headlining date in the past 3 1/2 months, but nobody at the Teragram Ballroom complained of being tired of the Brooklyn rockers.

Since their early March show at the Moroccan Lounge, Julia Cumming and crew released their second full-length, “Twentytwo in Blue,” played the Natural History Museum in April and on Friday night — with Cumming, 22, wearing blue — incited a whole lot of stage-diving and moshing at the Teragram.

By the time the frontwoman was singing the second verse of the opener,”Burn It,” a yawning mosh pit had opened in the middle of the room. “First to crowd surf wins a prize,” she said later, getting plenty of takers and reminiscing on the memorable show they played at the Echo back in 2016 after the release of their first album.

Pearl Charles opened the night with songs off her album “Sleepless Dreamer,” saying she was happy to be on the bill with all female-fronted bands. She then dedicated a song to all the women in the venue. Jesse Jo Stark then hit the stage with a large band behind her, including the keyboardist Nick White, who has been touring with Phoebe Bridgers recently.

Sunflower Bean setlist: Burn It, Come On, Twentytwo, 2013, Crisis Fest, Human For, Puppet Strings, Easier Said, Memoria, Harvest Moon, Sinking Hands, I Was A Fool, Only A Moment, I Was Home

Photos by Jessica Hanley