Justin Sullivan - Surrounded (2021)

Ltd. CD Hardcover Mediabook With “Surrounded”, Justin Sullivan, frontman of New Model Army, released his second solo album — eighteen years after his acclaimed debut album “Navigating by the Stars” (2003). “Surrounded” is a collection of sixteen new songs written in the first weeks of lockdown 2020. All of them are great compositions that illustrate Sullivan's love of storytelling, vast landscapes and unforgettable atmospheres. Justin Sullivan on the creation of the album: “Under the circumstances, it was not particularly surprising that this was the moment to make another solo record, and the songs came out of nowhere in the first few weeks of lockdown. It's not so much about 'what happens in the world'. As with “Navigating by the Stars”, which was written in the period after 9/11, I wanted to write about other things - some well-known stories, some lesser-known, some autobiographical and more of a landscape of fantasy than a social comment. I am grateful for the many musical contributions I have received from friends that help create all the different atmospheres and places; it's a long album, but it seems that all the songs belong to one collection. I hope people like it.”