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Field Medic

{{Short description|American lo-fi musician}}

{{for|the occupation|Combat medic}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Field Medic

| birth_name = Kevin Patrick Sullivan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|5|2}}

| image =

| caption = Field Medic performing with his 'Polaroid Guitar' on Audiotree Live, 2017

| origin = San Francisco, California

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Indie folk
  • freak folk{{cite web |url= https://xpn.org/2018/02/13/field-medic-everybody-hits/ |title= Meet Field Medic, the West Coast freak-folk poet who will capture your heart at Everybody Hits this Thursday |last=Cooper |first=Megan |date=February 13, 2018 |website=WXPN |access-date=July 10, 2023}}
  • lo-fi
  • emo-folk{{cite web |url= https://www.soundsofsaving.org/news/sounds-of-saving-check-in-series-field-medic-brings-emo-to-folk-music |title= Sounds of Saving Check-In Series: Field Medic Brings Emo to Folk Music |last=Goldberg |first=Alyssa |date=November 7, 2021 |website=Sounds of Saving |access-date=July 10, 2023}}

}}

| years_active = 2009–present

| website = [https://fieldmedic.net/ fieldmedic.net/]

| label = {{flatlist|

  • Run for Cover
  • [https://sunroomrecordzandsalon.bandcamp.com/ Sunroom Records & Salon]

}}

}}

Field Medic is the stage name of American indie folk musician Kevin Patrick Sullivan.{{cite web|author=Tony DuShane|title=Kevin Sullivan unleashes his emotions in Field Medic|url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/article/Kevin-Sullivan-unleashes-his-emotions-in-Field-5562551.php|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=November 24, 2017}}

History

Sullivan began releasing music with his older brother Sean in 2009, initially as Westwood & Willow and then with drummer Andrew Skewes-Cox as Rin Tin Tiger.{{cite web|author=Tony DuShane|title=Rin Tin Tiger mixes folkie and fierce|url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/article/Rin-Tin-Tiger-mixes-folkie-and-fierce-3735359.php|publisher=SF Gate|accessdate=February 13, 2018}} He debuted as Field Medic with his first EP titled Crushed Pennies.{{cite web|last1=Stepczyk|first1=Charles|title=Field Medic: Mongols Pasture|url=http://insomniaradio.net/2017/11/18/field-medic-mongols-pasture/|publisher=The Insomnia Radio Network|accessdate=November 23, 2017}} In 2015, he released his first full-length album titled light is gone.{{cite web|last1=Doyle|first1=Liam|title=Field Medic – Light is Gone|url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/09/29/field-medic-light-is-gone/|publisher=Various Small Flames|accessdate=November 23, 2017}} In 2017, he released an EP titled if i shout that the revolutions in my blind heart have left me on the mend, would i still have to surrender to the tides to exorcise this possession? on Bandcamp.{{cite web|last1=Mandel|first1=Leah|title=Listen To Field Medic’s Freaky Bedroom Folk Lament, "I AM SATAN"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/04/11/field-medic-i-am-satan|publisher=The Fader|accessdate=November 24, 2017}} Also in 2017, Sullivan signed to Run for Cover Records and released his first album on the label titled Songs From The Sunroom.{{cite web|last1=Terry|first1=Josh|title=Field Medic's Anxious New Single Is About Saying Fuck It and Doing Drugs|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/field-medic-do-a-little-dope-interview-stream/|publisher=Vice|access-date=November 23, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Rettig|first1=James|title=Field Medic – "Do A Little Dope (Live)"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1970799/field-medic-do-a-little-dope-live/music/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=McArthur|first1=Danny|title=Album review: Field Medic’s 'Songs from the Sunroom' is dreamy, surreal|url=https://www.redandblack.com/culture/album-review-field-medic-s-songs-from-the-sunroom-is/article_a3874e4e-c962-11e7-9e19-cf75a19a83ab.html|publisher=The Red & Black|accessdate=November 24, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Stream of the Crop: 8 New Albums for Heavy Rotation|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/stream-of-the-crop-8-new-albums-for-heavy-rotation/|publisher=Vice|access-date=November 24, 2017}} Sullivan's song "do a little dope" was featured on Alternative Press's "20 songs you need to hear this week" list.{{cite web|last1=Dickman|first1=Maggie|title=20 songs you need to hear this week|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/20_songs_you_need_to_hear_this_week_november_11|publisher=Alternative Press|accessdate=November 24, 2017}} In 2020, Sullivan also began releasing songs under the alter ego Paper Rose Haiku.{{Cite web |title=Field Medic: Floral Prince |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/field-medic-floral-prince/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} His newest album, Dope Girl Chronicles, was released on December 1, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Field Medic Interview 2022 |url=https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-field-medic |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=THE LUNA COLLECTIVE |language=en-US}}

Field Medic was featured on a Green Day tribute album singing the song "2000 Light Years Away".{{cite web|last1=Helman|first1=Peter|title=Stream New Green Day Tribute Album Featuring Lomelda, Ratboys, Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall, & More|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1965190/stream-new-green-day-tribute-album-featuring-lomelda-ratboys-pinegroves-evan-stephens-hall-more/music/album-stream/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=November 24, 2017}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Track Listing

! Record Label

2015

| light is gone

| 1. "Light Is Gone"
2. "Neon Flowerz"
3. "Selfish"
4. "Tombstone Poetry"
5. "Xplodineyez"
6. "Glitter"
7. "Graffiti Paint"
8. "Colorado"
9. "It's Still You..."
10. "All Blown Apart"

| Self-Released

2017

| Songs from the Sunroom

| 1. "Powerful Love"
2. "P E G a S U S T H O T Z"
3. "Me, My Gibberish, & the Moon"
4. "Graffiti Paint"
5. "Neon Flowerz"
6. "Otl"
7. "Do a Little Dope (Live)"
8. "Like a Feather Or a Pawprint"
9. "Uuu"
10. "Gypsy Dead Girl"
11. "Tombstone Poetry"
12. "Not a Normal Boy"
13. "Prowler"
14. "Fuck These Foolz That Are Making Valencia Street Unchill"
15. "It's Still You..."

| rowspan="5" | Run For Cover Records

2019

| fade into the dawn

| 1. "Used 2 Be a Romantic"
2. "I Was Wrong"
3. "The Bottle's My Lover, She's Just My Friend"
4. "Henna Tattoo"
5. "Hello Moon"
6. "Tournament Horseshoe"
7. "Songs R Worthless Now"
8. "Mood Ring Baby"
9. "Everyday'z 2Moro"
10. "Helps Me Forget..."

2020

| Floral Prince

| 1. "-h-o-u-s-e-k-e-y-z-"
2. "I Want You So Bad It Hurts"
3. "I Will Not Mourn Who I Was That Has Gone Away"
4. "Bundle of Hyacinths"
5. "HEADCASE"
6. "It's So Lonely Being Sober"
7. "Better Way"
8. "Talkin' Johnny & June (Your Arms Around Me)"
9. "Older Now (It Hurts)"
10. "Before Your Body Goes"
11. "TRANQUILIZED"

2022

| Grow Your Hair Long If You're Wanting to See Something That You Can Change

| 1. "Always Emptiness"
2. "Weekends"
3. "I Had a Dream That You Died"
4. "Noonday Sun"
5. "I Think About You All the Time"
6. "House Arrest"
7. "Stained Glass"
8. "Miracle/Marigold"
9. "I Had My Fun/Back to the Start"

2023

|light is gone 2

|1. "they all seem so happy"
2. "TSION"
3. "you deserve attention"
4. "everything's been going so well"
5. "without you i'd have nothing (& i might even be dead)"
6. "the look on her face like a reoccurring dream"
7. "mass market paperback"
8. "iwantthis2last!"
9. "empty arms"

2023

|dope girl chronicles

|1. "100 ghosts"
2. "silver girl"
3. "clear thoughts of morning"
4. "love don't come"
5. "do a little dope"
6. "intermission"
7. "cemetery"
8. "dope girl"
9. "cement"

|Self-Released

=EPs=

  • Crushed Pennies (self-released, 2013)
  • fuck you grim reaper (self-released, 2014)
  • Me, My Gibberish, & The Moon (self-released, 2015)
  • P E G A S U S T H O T Z (self-released, 2015)
  • That Beer Called Becks Reminds Me of a Haiku I Wrote (self-released, 2016)
  • If I Shout That the Revolutions in My Blind Heart Have Left Me on the Mend, Would I Still Have to Surrender to the Tides to Exorcise This Possession? (self-released, 2017)
  • boy from my dream (Run For Cover, 2018)
  • little place (self-released, 2018)
  • plunge deep golden knife (self-released, 2021)

=Singles=

  • "fuck these foolz that are making valencia street unchill and ruining the mission for everyone that lives there" (2016)
  • "uuu" (2016)
  • "flash tattoos" (2017)
  • "let freedom ring 2" (2018)
  • "henna tattoo" (2019)
  • "used 2 be a romantic" (2019)
  • "the bottle’s my lover, she’s just my friend" (2019)
  • "-h-o-u-s-e-k-e-y-z-" (2020)

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Category:Run for Cover Records artists

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