NEW MODEL ARMY - Winter is approaching

24. August 2016

New Model Army

NEW MODEL ARMY - Winter is approaching

As usual, Justin Sullivan gives the friendly and intelligent conversation partner in the Cologne hotel where he receives interviews. But already after two questions the 60 year old singer and guitarist has little desire to talk about the new record "Winter". He prefers to be echauffiert about his government, neoliberalism and right-wing populists. Which makes the conversation even more interesting.

eclipsed: The new album sounds more boisterous than its predecessor "Between Dog And Wolf", which was dominated by archaic drums. One step back?

Justin Sullivan: On the last album we tried to create that special sound. To me, the last few records sounded a little like we just played them down. We wanted an opulent studio production that wouldn't even try to capture the sound of our concerts. And the album sounds fantastic, but we didn't want to repeat the process.

eclipsed: The texts on "Winter" seem to be encapsulated, overall one gets the impression that it is about a description of human culture as a whole.

Sullivan: I think the lyrics are actually pretty direct. They reflect the difficult situation in which the world finds itself. I knew at the moment when David Cameron announced the referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU that the "no" camp would win. Don't get me wrong, this is a disaster, but it is the result of the powerful no longer listening to people. If they had listened to society, they would have known that it was thirsty to give them a lesson. It was the big moment for people to scream "Fuck You!" without even remotely thinking about the consequences.

Lesen Sie mehr im eclipsed Nr. 183 (September 2016).