Jack Cullen’s music resists the familiar script of everyday life. Those quiet patterns we slip into, the roles we play without thinking. Instead, he moves with a more instinctive rhythm, shaped by motion, connection and creative reverie. It’s the same hardy nature that drove him to run twelve marathons in twelve days.
That moment of endurance runs parallel with 12, Jack’s most recent EP. The record reflects the process itself, exploring resilience, the strengthening of bonds with those that matter, and the clarity that surfaced mile by mile. The instrumentation is more expansive but remains delicately restrained, allowing Jack’s voice to remain front and centre. Tracks like “Colours”, “Frequent & Colourful” and “Teabags & Cigarettes” feel rooted in intimacy, while “Goldmine” and the title track edge into more luminous, open terrain.
On the twelfth day of the marathon run, surrounded by those who had stood by him, he said three unguarded words: “I love you.” It wasn’t a victory lap. It was a turning point. “We Don’t Need”, the final track on the new record, holds the weight of that moment in a stripped-back admission.
Now, on his forthcoming EP, that emotional clarity deepens. The new project moves between contrasts – summer warmth and winter stillness, motion and pause. Whether in the drifting textures of “Dead Right”, the layered chorus of “Friend of Mine”, or the gleaming ache of the hook on “The Two of Us”, Jack’s voice mirrors passing moments, turning simplicity into something open and affecting.
