Field Medic’s Kevin Patrick Sullivan delves deeper into his psyche on his latest album | dorasegall 👇
You can arguably predict the mood of a Field Medic album by the look of Kevin Patrick Sullivan’s hair in the cover art. On the front of 2017’s cheeky, joyfulthe lo-fi folk singer-songwriter’s red curls are big and bouncy; on 2020’s more somber, they’re closely cropped and hidden beneath a blue cap. The title of Field Medic’s new record,, is cryptic enough that it might suggest an optimistic collection of songs, but the photo of Sullivan on its cover dashes that hope.
Neglect of self-care can be a subtle sign of depression, but Sullivan is anything but subtle about the gut-wrenching personal suffering that drives the album. “I wanna fall off the face of the Earth / And probably die,” he sings to start opener “Always Emptiness.” Taken out of context, those lyrics could sound like a cry for help, but Sullivan, who’s been releasing music as Field Medic since 2013, has increasingly used his project to process struggles with addiction and mental illness.
as a chance to delve deeper into his psyche while employing bleaker, blunter language. Throughout the record, harrowing lyrics rub up against gentle percussion and silky guitar, harmonica, and banjo in a collision of punk angst and tender, folky melodies. While Sullivan’s characteristic kitschiness peeks through at times, every glimpse of levity is underpinned by darkness.
Sullivan typically records on his own—sometimes using his phone or a four-track—but he departed from his usual solitary process for, enlisting Nate Lich on drums and Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Nick Levine on steel guitar. The resulting sound is richer than Field Medic’s previous lo-fi stylings, with plenty of breathing room in its more upbeat moments. But even in those spots, a closer listen reveals an underlying anguish.
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