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Following up on his debut EP Campfire Punkrock, Bahrain-born, London-based acoustic singer/songwriter Frank Turner makes his full-length bow with 2007's Sleep is for the Week. Former leader of the political punks Million Dead, Turner's solo records are more along the lines of very early Billy Bragg: social-minded rants and more personal lyrics performed mostly on acoustic guitar with minimal accompaniment. Turner is not Bragg's equal as a wit: indeed, an almost painful earnestness permeates songs like "Father's Day," a standard-issue generation gap song culminating in the my-how-perceptive line "For better or for worse, I am turning into you." It's not all as wet as that, however: the rueful "Ladies of London Town" is a self-deprecating dating song, and "A Decent Cup of Tea" comes closest to Bragg's knack for short story-like lyrical detail. The album's twin highlights are "Once We Were Anarchists," a wry tune about the passions of youth colliding with the real world, and the simply charming "Back in the Day," a tune about hardcore punk's glory days, played on the banjo, that recalls the more recent, folky side of Half Man Half Biscuit.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Frank Turner, Writer, MainArtist - Pure Groove Music Ltd. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings LTD., under exclusive license to Epitaph
Album review
Following up on his debut EP Campfire Punkrock, Bahrain-born, London-based acoustic singer/songwriter Frank Turner makes his full-length bow with 2007's Sleep is for the Week. Former leader of the political punks Million Dead, Turner's solo records are more along the lines of very early Billy Bragg: social-minded rants and more personal lyrics performed mostly on acoustic guitar with minimal accompaniment. Turner is not Bragg's equal as a wit: indeed, an almost painful earnestness permeates songs like "Father's Day," a standard-issue generation gap song culminating in the my-how-perceptive line "For better or for worse, I am turning into you." It's not all as wet as that, however: the rueful "Ladies of London Town" is a self-deprecating dating song, and "A Decent Cup of Tea" comes closest to Bragg's knack for short story-like lyrical detail. The album's twin highlights are "Once We Were Anarchists," a wry tune about the passions of youth colliding with the real world, and the simply charming "Back in the Day," a tune about hardcore punk's glory days, played on the banjo, that recalls the more recent, folky side of Half Man Half Biscuit.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:09
- Main artists: Frank Turner
- Label: Epitaph
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph 2010 Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. Under Exclusive License To Epitaph
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