New Model Army To Release Live Album With Symphony “Sinfonia”
Music News | Jul 26th, 2023
New Model Army will be releasing a new live album that will be with Sinfonia Leipzig orchestra called “Sinfonia.” As a fan of the band, it will be really good to listen and watch this concert with the orchestra and hear songs like “March In September,” “Orange Tree Roads,” “Vagabonds,” “Green and Grey” and “Wonderful Way To Go.” The live album will be a CD/DVD of the concert and available for pre-order now.
All songs have been arranged for orchestra by long-time friend and guest violinist Shir-Ran Yinon, with whom New Model Army collaborated previously. However, this time they went above and beyond to create something unique, yet distinctly New Model Army.
Justin Sullivan states: “There have been many examples of rock bands playing with orchestras but not many good ones. We felt that the most important thing was that it must not sound or appear like a band with an added orchestra but had to be a unified 40-piece band.”
Shir-Ran Yinon continues: “It felt like a big responsibility. When the band and I started working on this project, we immediately agreed that it should not turn into ‘Justin Sullivan with orchestral accompaniment,’ but must remain New Model Army. We all thought we had a unique opportunity to create something different and saw the orchestra as an integral and crucial part of it. The connection between the band, the conductor and the orchestra worked brilliantly.”
The result is an album that subverts expectation of a previously well- trodden path between rock bands and orchestras. New Model Army’s music lends itself perfectly to this new, fresh interpretation without losing its identity. Experimentation without compromise is the hallmark of New Model Army, and one of the primary reasons they are continually revered.
Dean White shares, “My enduring memory of it all was the spirit it was played with, one of camaraderie, willingness and joy and I think that comes through in the performance.”
Michael Dean states, “What an experience this was! For me, the feeling of playing with such a massive sound was unbelievable. I remember in rehearsals, even before we started playing with the orchestra, just listening from the balcony I was absolutely blown away.”
Ceri Monger: “The Sinfonia concert and the rehearsal days leading up to it were like going on a really cool, intense and adventurous holiday, a really special experience that was over before you knew it.”
Cornelius During offers, “Music connects people. This has been known for a long time. For me personally, however, it has rarely been more noticeable than during the days we spent together with New Model Army and the Sinfonia Leipzig. There was an incredible atmosphere from the very first moment. The desire to push each other and to really put something special together” (…) “I look back on an unforgettable concert evening at the Tempodrom in Berlin – full of enthusiasm, passion and joy of playing.”
Sinfonia will become available as a Double-CD Hardcover Mediabook, Triple 180g-Vinyl Gatefold and Digital. All live album’s first print CD and Vinyl LP Editions will include the full show on DVD.
A Strictly Limited earBOOK Edition with Double-CD, DVD, Blu-ray, 80- page book and an exclusive Bonus CD with 8 songs from the band’s “SO36” show in Berlin on July 17th, 2022, as well as various bundles will become available via an exclusive direct to consumer web shop.
FORMATS:
Ltd. 2CD+DVD Mediabook / Ltd. 3LP+DVD Gatefold / Digital
SINFONIA TRACKLISTING:
CD 1
“Overture” (LP side A)
“Devil’s Bargain (Orchestral Version)”
“Devil (Orchestral Version)”
“Innocence (Orchestral Version)”
“Winter (Orchestral Version)” (LP side B)
“March In September (Orchestral Version)”
“1984 (Orchestral Version)”
“Orange Tree Roads (Orchestral Version)”
“Marry The Sea (Orchestral Version)” (LP side C)
“Ocean Rising (Orchestral Version)”
CD 2
“Ballad (Orchestral Version)”
“Passing Through (Orchestral Version)”
“Guessing (Orchestral Version)” (LP side D)
“Too Close to the Sun (Orchestral Version)”
“Lullaby (Orchestral Version)”
“Did You Make It Safe? (Orchestral Version)”
“Shot 18 (Orchestral Version)” (LP side E)
“Purity (Orchestral Version)”
“Vagabonds (Orchestral Version)”
“Green and Grey (Orchestral Version)” (LP Side F)
“Wonderful Way To Go (Orchestral Version)”
DVD
Full live show together with the Sinfonia Leipzig orchestra, filmed at Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, on July 15th, 2022
