NEWS: Billy Sullivan new single Running Out Of Time

Running Out Of Time’ is the first physical single to be taken from Billy Sullivan’s forthcoming debut solo album – due early 2023.

Commenting on the new material, Sullivan says: “Lyrically it’s about the idea that once you hit your late twenties, you’re running out of time. That you immediately have to sort a job, a house, relationship, kids. For the only aim to be stability within a mundane scenario. But we’re still fed this idea of ‘normality’ in a time where it’s harder than ever to achieve what is expected. I suppose it’s a response to not living up to those expectations”

The track is taken from a batch of new songs that the former frontman of Watford four piece The Spitfires has been working on behind the scenes for the past few months, following the band’s fifth and final album Play For Today, released earlier this year on Acid Jazz Records.

Sullivan openly admits he had a tough end to 2021 and a rocky start to 2022 when it came to his mental health. “The split of the band affected me more than I assumed it was going to,” says the songwriter candidly. “I’d poured everything into making the last Spitfires album during the pandemic and I became tired of constantly having to fight losing battles. It made me lose confidence in my writing and performing too, which I’ve only recently got back.”

Of embarking on his new solo career in the wake of The Spitfires’ split, and marking a change of musical change of direction that felt natural and timely, Sullivan says: “Personally, it was these songs that guided me out of The Spitfires and gave me the confidence to pursue something new and different. Musically it’s a bit of a return to a more guitar-led sound.”

“I now feel like there’s a massive weight lifted off my shoulders and I love the fact that I have control again of what I’m doing. I’ve surrounded myself with great musicians, so musically everything has gone up a notch. I also feel this new material better represents my personality and what I’m into.”

Originally formed in 2012, The Spitfires played their final show at a sold out Electric Ballroom in London this February, a fitting punctuation mark for the quartet who built a cult fan base on their own terms over the past decade with their five albums Response (2015), A Thousand Times (2016), Year Zero (2018), Life Worth Living (2020), and Play For Today (2022).

The band received support from BBC 6music, Radio X, CLASH, Louder Than War, Gigslutz, Classic Rock Magazine, Fred Perry Subculture and many more, with both critical acclaim and their independently-won commercial success underlining Sullivan’s own credentials as a songwriter of exceptional merit.

Further details of Sullivan’s debut solo album and additional live dates will be announced over the coming months.

Live Dates:

15th October – Black Prince, Northampton

27th October – Water Rats, London

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