Unbroken was written and recorded over an extended period of time with both the delayed 40th Anniversary shows and the Sinfonia live orchestral project taking place during the creation of the new studio album. Nevertheless, this is a very New Model Army album, full of guitars but with the emphasis, as ever, on the rhythmic power of bass and drums, as the band continue to push the boundaries of their signature sound while staying true to their heart.
The subjects and moods are variable, creating a diverse collection of tracks which touch on topics ranging from social and political commentary to deeply personal reflections.
In addition to ‘Coming Or Going’ it also features the lead single ‘First Summer After’ and a hard-hitting track, ‘I Did Nothing Wrong’, addressing the Post Office scandal, written and recorded well before the recent TV documentary brought the subject back into popular consciousness.
‘I Did Nothing Wrong’ is a powerful folk-rock song capturing the anguish of those falsely accused and imprisoned whilst also focusing on the ever-mounting pressures from an increasingly digitised world.
Speaking about ‘I Did Nothing Wrong’ frontman Justin Sullivan says, "It's quite extraordinary to many millions of us Brits that, years after the Post Office scandal became common knowledge, the deliberate delaying of any proper justice still continues. 'I Did Nothing Wrong' was actually written a couple of years ago, taking the scandal as its storyline and then taking a broader swipe at the brutal, binary, digitized world that we are stupidly allowing to replace normal human interactions."
Unbroken will be released on CD Hardcover Mediabook, Heavyweight Black LP Gatefold, Ltd. Heavyweight Red LP Gatefold and on Digital.
UNBROKEN TRACK LISTING
First Summer After
Language
Reload
I Did Nothing Wrong
Cold Wind
Coming Or Going
If I Am Still Me
Legend
Do You Really Want To Go There?
Idumea
Deserters
New Model Army will be touring Unbroken throughout the UK & Europe this year with shows starting on February 27th. The band will also be holding three special Q&A appearances across select UK independent record stores during album release week. Full dates, more information and tickets for all shows can be found at https://www.newmodelarmy.org/
UNBROKEN TOUR 2024 – PART ONE
Feb 27 – Roadmender, Northampton, UK
Feb 28 – Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
Feb 29 – La Laiterie, Strasbourg, FR
Mar 1 – Transbordeur, Lyon, FR
Mar 2 – Mascotte, Zurich, CH
Mar 4 – Muhle Hunziken, Bern, CH
Mar 5 – Backstage, Munich, DE
Mar 6 – Wuk, Vienna, AT
Mar 7 – A38, Budapest, HG
Mar 8 – Kwadrat, Krakow, PL
Mar 9 – Palladium, Warsaw, PL
Mar 11 – B90, Gdansk, PL
Mar 12 – Tama, Poznan, PL
Mar 13 – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, DE
Mar 15 – Valand, Gothenburg, DK
Mar 16 – Katalin, Upsala, SE
Mar 17 – Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, SE
Mar 18 – Plan B, Malmo, SE
Mar 20 – Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, DE
Mar 21 – Fabrik, Coesfeld, DE
Mar 22 – Batschkapp, Frankfurt, de
Mar 23 – Garage, Saarbrucken, DE
Mar 24 – LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, DE
Mar 26 – Turbinenhalle 2, Oberhausen, DE
Mar 27 – Hedon, Zwolle, NL
Mar 28 – Het Depot, Leuven, NL
Mar 29 – Tivoli, Utrecht, NL
Mar 30 – Trabendo, Paris, FR
Apr 10 – Tavastia, Helsinki, FI
Apr 11 – Lutakko, Jyvaskyla, FI
Apr 18 – Opium, Dublin, IE
Apr 19 – Mandela Hall, Belfast, NI
Apr 20 – The Garage, Glasgow, UK
Apr 21 – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK
Apr 23 – Junction, Cambridge, UK
Apr 24 – The 1865, Southampton, UK
Apr 25 – Marble Factory, Bristol, UK
Apr 26 – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
Apr 27 – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
May 11 – Roundhouse, London, UK
