NEW MODEL ARMY FOUNDER SINGER/SONGWRITER

Justin SullivanANNOUNCES SOLO UK TOUR

NEW SOLO ALBUM"SURROUNDED"IS OUT NOW

(12.08.21- London) Justin Sullivanstepped out from New Model Army to release his second solo album in May this year, eighteen years after the first. He has now announced a 14 date solo tour where he will be playing tracks from the album and from his extensive New Model Army back catalogue. 

"Surrounded"is a collection of sixteen new songs, written in the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown. These songs are again guitar-vocal compositions highlighting Sullivan's love of storytelling, wide open landscapes and powerful atmospheres.

Mostly recorded at home, the album also features contributions from many other musicians including Jon Thorne on bass (Lamb), Tom Moth on harp (Florence and the Machine - and brother of NMA bassist Ceri Monger), plus string arrangements from composer friends Tobias Unterberg, Henning Nügel and Shir-Ran Yinon. Also featured are all the current members of New Model Army. The album was mixed by Lee Smith at Greenmount Studios in Leeds, co-producer and mixer of New Model Army's recent albums, including 2019's "From Here", their highest charting album to date globally.

Justin Sullivansays:"Under the circumstances, it wasn't particularly surprising that this was the moment to make another solo record and the songs came thick and fast in the first few weeks of the lockdown. There is not so much about ‘what's happening in the World'. As with "Navigating by the Stars", which was written in the aftermath of 9/11, I wanted to write about other things - some well-known stories, some less well-known, some autobiographical and more a landscape of the imagination than social comment."

The full New Model Army band will be playing double nights in London at the Roundhouse, Nottingham, Amsterdam & Cologne which were rescheduled from 2020 where they will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary with sets featuring songs spanning their entire NMA career.

JUSTIN SULLIVAN

OCTOBER 2021

06                     BLACKPOOL Waterloo Bar

07                     LEEDS Brudenell Social Club

08                     SUNDERLAND The Peacock

09                     SHEFFIELD Corporation

10                    LONDON The Lexington

11                    NORWICH Waterfront

13                    EXETER Phoenix

14                    BRISTOL Exchange

15                    DERBY The Venue

16                   NEWHAMPTON Arts Centre

17                   BURY The Met

19                  STOWMARKET John Peel Centre

20                 SHOREHAM Ropetackle Arts Centre

21                  BEDFORD Esquires

Tickets on sale Friday 13 August 10am

https://myticket.co.uk/artists/justin-sullivan

New album Surrounded is out now: https://JustinSullivan.lnk.to/Surrounded