High

I know it hasn't been long since my last New Model Army posting... but I just can't help myself.

There aren't too many musicians who are two decades deep into their journey and are still able to create with such urgent passion and purpose as NMA. Justin Sullivan and the boys are true poets of the working class.

I really posted this because I imagine that there is some grimy old bastard out there that used to be a NMA fan back in the eighties and has since lost touch or interest with them. If you should be that grimy old bastard, first I congratulate you on your mastery of the intraweb, but really I think you need to get back on board with NMA. High (2007) is a perfect reintroduction for you and your old friends. And should you not be an old acquaintance of NMA, what the Hell have you been listening to?

Their 10th album proves that it is not just youth alone that is able to create inspired post punk/rock anthems. Youth has no monopoly on New Model Army's expression of urgent humanism. The music of High is without a doubt more mature as a result of years of finely tuned songwriting for this road tested band ( see: "Sky In Your Eyes" and "Rivers"), but that classic New Model Army call to action is alive and well. I for one am able to sleep just a bit better, knowing that New Model Army still tend to the flame and wave their flag high.

Face into the wind, boys, face into the wind