This coming week Frank Turner’s new album The Second Three Years will be available for purchase or download. To say it is a new release is somewhat misleading as the album is a collection of the songs he has recorded over the past few years. However, what could be misconstrued by the more cynical among us as an attempt to squelch more money from fans by repackaging a selection of songs actually comes across more as a celebration.
Tracks featured on the album are brought together from previous releases which include the Rock & Roll – EP, England Keep My Bones (the most recent release...
It isn’t easy to blend elements of several musical genres into just five songs and still leave space for purity. Alas, It would appear that amongst those musicians who have mastered such musical alchemy sits Frank Turner. Recorded in just three days, Frank Turner’s Rock n Roll EP is a rather delicious blend of styles, emotions and experiences.
Opening with the anthemic I Still Believe, the listener is transported to a festival somewhere in the archives of their past summers and prompted to stand up wielding some beer (preferably in a plastic cup and slightly warm) and become immediately...
More Than The Music: You performed at Latitude this year, what was that like?
Frank Turner: This year was fun, it was my first time playing on the main stage at a major festival, so it was a big day for me. The show went really well, I felt we made some new friends, mission accomplished.
MTTM: You recently supported Greenday at the O2 Arena, how did you find that experience?
FT: It was pretty overwhelming in some ways, and in others it was just another (very cool) show. During the actual set I guess I was trying not to think too hard about where I was and what I was doing, haha. It was only...
