Kevin Patrick Sullivan – aka Field Medic – is gearing up to release his brand new LP, surrender instead, which is due August 8.

We've already heard first single "MELANCHOLY", but now Sullivan has shared an animated lyric video for new song "castle peaks". Watch below:

Sullivan has been on a particularly prolific streak as of late, as surrender instead follows quickly on the heels of three past releases: 2024's boundless & true, and 2023's twoger dope girl chronicles, and light is gone 2.

Despite this heightened activity, Sullivan insists he's been taking it easy on himself, explaining how that led to the new record:

"Part of my recent mental break from the music business was taking the entirety of 2024 off from touring. For the longest time, my fiancé wanted us to take a vacation to Europe, so we finally did that spring. I spent the trip writing short observations & poems all along our European route, and when I came home, I pieced them together over a guitar part that I'd been slowly composing over the last few months. The verses are comprised of the poems describing what I observed literally, but the chorus speaks to the constant search for our place in the world, and how changing locations doesn't always take us away from ourselves."

In October, Sullivan will go on tour supporting Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners. Find all those dates down below.

surrender instead is out August 8, and is self-released. Preorder here. Full tracklist:

1. tricks & illusions
2. castle peaks
3. simply obsessed
4. no hometown
5. MELANCHOLY
6. opposite fantasies
7. INFERNO
8. coffee in the morning
9. falling out
10. the journey to the center of nothing

Tour dates:

10/05 Kansas City, MO @ The Warehouse on Broadway
10/06 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
10/07 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's
10/09 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/10 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
10/11 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
10/13 Lakewood, OH @ The Roxy
10/14 Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew's Hall
10/15 Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
10/17 Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues Boston
10/18 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/21 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/25 Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson Theater
10/26 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/28 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
10/29 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/31 Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
11/01 Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
11/02 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/03 Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
11/05 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
11/08 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
11/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
11/14 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
11/15 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/16 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
11/18 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
11/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/20 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

^ supporting Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners

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