BILLY SULLIVAN (The Spitfires) Launches Solo Career With Debut Single ‘Overcome’

Released 5th May 2022 via Kickstart Recordings
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June/July 2022 UK Live Dates
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Watford alternative/indie songwriter Billy Sullivan is today pleased to launch his solo career
with news of his debut single ‘Overcome’ set for release on 5th May 2022 via Kickstart
Recordings.

Commenting on the new material, Sullivan says: “‘Overcome’ just seemed like a great
starting point for me. Lyrically it’s got that sense of, ‘no matter how bad it seems at the
moment, we can get through it’, which I think will resonate with a lot of people for obvious
reasons.”

The track is the first of a batch of new songs that the former frontman of Watford four piece
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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
and I think as a debut single it’s got the urgency and the balls to stand up.”

“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.”

On the new material, Sullivan’s now unbridled ambition is given plenty of breathing room to
move away from The Spitfires’ template, displaying a broadened sonic palette that takes
heavier influence from the likes of The Smiths and 80s post-punk/indie bands, and even
finding room for a ripping guitar solo.

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 new music from Sullivan and additional live dates will be announced over
the coming months.

New single ‘Overcome’ is released 5th May 2022 via Kickstart Recordings
Live Dates:
18th June – Black Prince, Northampton
24th June – Bodega, Nottingham
25th June – 33 Oldham Street, Manchester