James Sullivan Reveals “Lea Bridge” Video & New Solo Album “Light Years”

James Sullivan (More Kicks / Suspect Parts / Ripchord) has just released his debut solo album, Light Years. In November 2020, after repeated album delays and touring cancellations due to the pandemic, Sullivan found himself stuck at home writing Light Years as a self-imposed distraction. Accompanying the new album is Sullivan’s video for the single Lea Bridge, the song’s motorik rhythm propels Sullivan’s stream of consciousness vocal style, whilst the lyrics describe a journey across London back home from an area called Lea Bridge on a crappy red bike.

“So I took the same crappy red bike, taped my phone to the handlebars and rode that journey again. When I looked at what I’d ‘filmed’, the footage was insanely shaky but weirdly compelling. So, much like the recording process, I made a virtue of its weirdness, messed with it a bit to add some VHS distortion, sped it up and reversed it. It was odd how well it synced up with the song.”

“In that car crash of a year, November seemed to hit particularly hard. I decided to set myself the challenge of writing one song every day for 10 days and then record them all myself in my little analog setup at home in North London. Light Years was a move away from writing songs for a live band. Trying out new styles and not thinking about anything for longer than a few minutes. Pure instinct only.”

Light Years can be streamed here and pre-ordered on vinyl via Starbumb Records