now who’d have thought that after all something as simple as rock & roll would save us all?
I feel like a prize idiot for sleeping on this Frank Turner fellow for so long. The London-based songwriter makes folk-punk in the vein of the beloved Billy Bragg — and we all know how much I adore that guy. I fell hard and fast for Turner’s newly released fourth album, England Keep My Bones, and soon found myself rushing to reserve a ticket online for his upcoming October stop in Vancouver (see all tour dates here). Turns out that some of my former record store co-workers are big fans of his and have been keeping him a secret from me all this time… one listen and you’ll understand just why this is so upsetting.
mp3: Frank Turner - I Still Believe from England Keep My Bones [2011]
mp3: Frank Turner - I Am Disappeared from England Keep My Bones [2011]
mp3: Frank Turner - The Road from Poetry of the Deed [2009]
England Keep My Bones is easily one of my favourite records of the year thus far. It also doesn’t hurt that Frank Turner is impossibly handsome — I can’t stop watching the video for “I Still Believe”… or then there’s this one for “The Road” which follows him around as he attemps to play 24 shows within 24 hours. I mean, how can you not love a smile like that?
Thanks to the lovely Jella for the tip on this talented bugger.
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