Surrounded (Limited CD Mediabook)

THE ARTIST Justin Sullivan has shaped the British punk rock scene for decades by forming one of the most influential bands in the late 20th Century British rock music: New Model Army. The singer/songwriter debuted as a solo artist in 2003 with the album “Navigating By The Stars”, described by British daily newspaper The Independent as having “the warm organic quality of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks”. THE PRODUCT On May 28th, 2021, Justin Sullivan steps out from New Model Army to release his second solo album, eighteen years after the first. “Surrounded” is a collection of sixteen new songs, written in the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown. These songs are again stunning guitar-vocal compositions highlighting Sullivan’s love of storytelling, wide open landscapes and unforgettable atmospheres. Mostly recorded at home, the album also features contributions from many other musicians including Jon Thorne on bass (Lamb), on harp Tom Moth (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 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. “Surrounded” will become available on multiple formats such as CD Hardcover Media Book, Heavyweight Double Vinyl Gatefold and Digital The release of “Surrounded” will also see the re-release of Sullivan’s only previous solo album from 2003 “Navigating by the Stars”, released on CD but unavailable for many years. The audio of this new version has not been altered but carries two additional tracks. These are: ‘Sooner or Later’, which first appeared on a B-side in 2003, and ‘The Wreck of The Essex’, a song written and recorded later that same year that has laid dormant ever since but for a few live performances. Track Listing 1. Dirge 2. Amundsen 3. Coming with Me 4. Clean Horizon 5. Stone and Heather 6. 28th May 7. Akistan 8. Unforgiven 9. Sao Paulo 10. 1975 11. Sea Again 12. Clear Skies 13. Rip Tides 14. Daughter of the Sun 15. Ride 16. Surrounded