Field Medic

For the occupation, see Combat medic.

Field Medic is the stage name of American indie folk musician Kevin Patrick Sullivan.^[3]

Field Medic
Birth name	Kevin Patrick Sullivan
Born	(1991-05-02) May 2, 1991 (age 34)
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genres	Indie folk freak folk[1] lo-fi emo-folk[2]
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Run for Cover Sunroom Records & Salon
Website	fieldmedic.net/

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.^[4] He debuted as Field Medic with his first EP titled Crushed Pennies.^[5] In 2015, he released his first full-length album titled light is gone.^[6] 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.^[7] Also in 2017, Sullivan signed to Run for Cover Records and released his first album on the label titled Songs From The Sunroom.^{[8][9][10][11]} Sullivan's song "do a little dope" was featured on Alternative Press's "20 songs you need to hear this week" list.^[12] In 2020, Sullivan also began releasing songs under the alter ego Paper Rose Haiku.^[13] His newest album, Dope Girl Chronicles, was released on December 1, 2023.^[14]

Field Medic was featured on a Green Day tribute album singing the song "2000 Light Years Away".^[15]

Discography

• 2015 light is gone
• 2017 Songs from the Sunroom
• 2019 fade into the dawn
• 2020 Floral Prince
• 2022 grow your hair long if you're wanting to see something that you can change
• 2023 light is gone 2
• 2023 dope girl chronicles
• 2024 boundless & true
• 2025 surrender instead

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)