New songs?

[Guillaume]

Here's the setlist from the Lille, France concert yesterday and it seems that the band played two "unknown" songs, but i can't find them on Youtube for the moment!  :'(:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/new-model-army/2025/le-splendid-lille-france-3b4d9090.html

[Valoche]

Hi, they played "Idumea" and then "Bittersweet" (not the new than one :-))

[Gaijin]

Interesting set.

[Guillaume]

Hi, they played "Idumea" and then "Bittersweet" (not the new than one :-))

Thank you! For a few hours I thought we were going to find two new NMA songs on YouTube!

Interesting set.

Yes, a cool set list between old classics and "new" songs! Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money at the end of the year, so I missed the concert in Lille and the two others french concerts last month. I hope the band will come back in France next year with or without a new album! 
 (I've been lucky enough to see them about a dozen times in my country since 2005; I love it when they come to play in my region of Normandie  , where I've seen them 5 times - and 7 times in Paris- )

[Gaijin]

Hi, they played "Idumea" and then "Bittersweet" (not the new than one :-))

Thank you! For a few hours I thought we were going to find two new NMA songs on YouTube!

Interesting set.

Yes, a cool set list between old classics and "new" songs! Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money at the end of the year, so I missed the concert in Lille and the two others french concerts last month. I hope the band will come back in France next year with or without a new album! 
 (I've been lucky enough to see them about a dozen times in my country since 2005; I love it when they come to play in my region of Normandie  , where I've seen them 5 times - and 7 times in Paris- )

I'd hoped that WDR would do a broadcast of the recent Cologne gig. Boo, they didn't. 

[MaoLee]

At the sales stand, it was said that it could take a bit longer until the new album comes out.

[cthulhu]

Hey MaoLee, there you are...;-) I thought i remember your nick from this place and i think i posted a link to one of your videos here..Justin Sullivan The Pack...and if its you who uploaded it, maybe you could say something more about it? Mayber Justin said something about this song..i certainly don't know that one.

[Guillaume]

At the sales stand, it was said that it could take a bit longer until the new album comes out.

Okay, when I saw that NMA's next concerts were at the end of May, I naively or logically thought that this left them March/April/May (I'm not counting January and February 2026 because they need two months to rest, two month of holdays after months of concerts  !) to record a new album! 
They usually release an album every two years (from "Carnival" in 2005 to "High" in 2007 to "Today is a good day" in 2009) or every three years (from "Between dog and wolf" in 2013 to "Winter" in 2016 to "From here" in 2019 - I'm not counting "Surrounded" in 2021 and the "COVID years" plus the band's 40th anniversary tour in 2021/2022 leading to a longer wait for the release of "Unbroken" in 2024). 

Review from the Lille concert:

https://soundingshivers.com/2025/12/26/live-new-model-army-le-splendid-lille-19-12-2025/

[MaoLee]

Hey MaoLee, there you are...;-) I thought i remember your nick from this place and i think i posted a link to one of your videos here..Justin Sullivan The Pack...and if its you who uploaded it, maybe you could say something more about it? Mayber Justin said something about this song..i certainly don't know that one.

According to ne-ne.de, he apparently played it several times in 2001.

It's not even entirely clear whether it's a song written by Justin Sullivan, but thematically it could work well.

[MaoLee]

At the sales stand, it was said that it could take a bit longer until the new album comes out.

Okay, when I saw that NMA's next concerts were at the end of May, I naively or logically thought that this left them March/April/May (I'm not counting January and February 2026 because they need two months to rest, two month of holdays after months of concerts  !) to record a new album! 
They usually release an album every two years (from "Carnival" in 2005 to "High" in 2007 to "Today is a good day" in 2009) or every three years (from "Between dog and wolf" in 2013 to "Winter" in 2016 to "From here" in 2019 - I'm not counting "Surrounded" in 2021 and the "COVID years" plus the band's 40th anniversary tour in 2021/2022 leading to a longer wait for the release of "Unbroken" in 2024). 

Review from the Lille concert:

https://soundingshivers.com/2025/12/26/live-new-model-army-le-splendid-lille-19-12-2025/

During the release of the SO36 concert on CD in early 2025, Justin said in an interview, “But the next album is already here. I can't say when, but there will be one.”

https://archive.ph/6GU5u#selection-7171.395-7171.485

I'm hoping the new album will be released in fall 2026. Fingers crossed.

[Guillaume]

At the sales stand, it was said that it could take a bit longer until the new album comes out.

Okay, when I saw that NMA's next concerts were at the end of May, I naively or logically thought that this left them March/April/May (I'm not counting January and February 2026 because they need two months to rest, two month of holdays after months of concerts  !) to record a new album! 
They usually release an album every two years (from "Carnival" in 2005 to "High" in 2007 to "Today is a good day" in 2009) or every three years (from "Between dog and wolf" in 2013 to "Winter" in 2016 to "From here" in 2019 - I'm not counting "Surrounded" in 2021 and the "COVID years" plus the band's 40th anniversary tour in 2021/2022 leading to a longer wait for the release of "Unbroken" in 2024). 

Review from the Lille concert:

https://soundingshivers.com/2025/12/26/live-new-model-army-le-splendid-lille-19-12-2025/

During the release of the SO36 concert on CD in early 2025, Justin said in an interview, “But the next album is already here. I can't say when, but there will be one.”

https://archive.ph/6GU5u#selection-7171.395-7171.485

I'm hoping the new album will be released in fall 2026. Fingers crossed.

Thank you for this link, excellent interview! The interview was posted in early March 2025, so it's indeed possible that the album is already finished/recorded! Or perhaps all the songs are written and all that's left is to find a producer and record them this winter/spring! In any case, it's very exciting to have a new studio album coming in 2026, probably!! 

[cthulhu]

Hey MaoLee, there you are...;-) I thought i remember your nick from this place and i think i posted a link to one of your videos here..Justin Sullivan The Pack...and if its you who uploaded it, maybe you could say something more about it? Mayber Justin said something about this song..i certainly don't know that one.

According to ne-ne.de, he apparently played it several times in 2001.

It's not even entirely clear whether it's a song written by Justin Sullivan, but thematically it could work well.

Wow, very interesting and thank you for explaining!