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Frank Turner

Love Ire & Song out in the UK 31/03/08

About Me


CONTACT:
Management: Charlie (at) Presscounsel.com
Booking / Gigs (UK): Joanna (at) itb.co.uk
Booking / Gigs (USA): Caitlin - roffmanc (at) unitedtalent.com Press: Dani (at) Presscounsel.com
Me: frank (at) frank-turner.com
Myspace messages run the risk of being ignored. Email me instead.
ALL ABOUT THE DESTINATION: THE DVD
Preorder the DVD here .
RELEASES:
Sleep Is For The Week
The Debut Album
13 Tracks, Out Now
'Bittersweet requiems for teen punk dreams and dark folk adventures in the flesh trade' (The Daily Mirror)
'It’s hard-hitting. It’s brave. It’s happy, it’s sad, it’s amusing, it’s harrowing. In short, it’s bloody great' (Rocksound)
'This is an album to clutch close to your heart' (Playmusic)
Buy all these, and more, here .
BIOGRAPHY:
I used to be in Million Dead you know... It was a lot of fun for four years, and then we broke up, which was a real shame. In the aftermath of years of touring in a hardcore band, ears still ringing, I decided that I wanted to try my hand at the lighter end of my music taste for a while, and follow up my love of all things folk / acoustic / country. And maybe along the way show that it is possible to write simple acoustic music without sounding like james blunt, and whilst retaining some passion, anger, and a sense of humour.
This myspace page is here mainly to give people the chance to listen to some music, and to form a network of people interested in what I do. Feel free to invite me as a "friend" (I always accept) but please don't send me messages / mail through this site as I very rarely check it. My normal email (above) will do nicely.
As well as any tunes on here, the good people at Xtra Mile Recordings released my first EP, Campfire Punkrock, on May 15th 2006, to wild critical acclaim, mass public hysteria and so on. Then in January 2007 my debut album, Sleep Is For The Week, was released. It too got lots of lovely reviews from lots of erudite music journalists, and more importantly, lots of normal people are buying it and enjoying it. This has been followed in quick sucession by another EP, The Real Damage, a split with US legend Jonah Matranga and more touring than anyone else ever in the whole world ever (except possibly Black Flag). A DVD, All About The Destination, followed in late 2007, and the new album, Love Ire & Song is due to be released on March 31st 2008.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: frank-turner.com
Band Members: Frank Turner: Most of it - guitar, voice, banjo, mandolin, balalaika, bass, organ / keys, even my own thigh on the new album...

Live Band
Ben Lloyd - Guitar, Harmonica
Tarrant Anderson - Bass
Jamie Stuart - Organ, Vocals
Nigel Powell - Drums, Vocals
Influences: When I was a kid I listened to a lot of Counting Crows, Weezer, The Levellers, The Beatles (thanks mum and dad), that kind of thing. Then I had my punk, hardcore and metal period. In recent years my eyes were opened by the Johnny Cash "American Recordings" series, which in turn set me onto (among many others) people like Neil Young, Damien Jurado, Jim Bryson, John Rouse, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams and in particular Billy Bragg. I guess I should probably include Million Dead as an influence, haha...
Sounds Like: ..
get your vodpod
Record Label: Xtra Mile Recordings Limited
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

London Calling / Bargain Basement

Two little things for you.. First up, more info on the show on Thursday. It's part of London Calling Festival, it's taking place at SIN Club (it's on Charing Cross Road). Doors are at 7.30pm, the bill...
Posted by Frank Turner on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:22:00 PST

On The Horizon

In the last weekend I have discovered that both Darlington and Castleford give rise to ace gigs, and that Durham is still as lovely as it was last time I was there. I have also been accused of being A...
Posted by Frank Turner on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:20:00 PST

Festival T-Shirts

In the latest installment of what will go down in history as 'Blogorama Week', here's yet another, er, blog. I could get used to this internet thing. I've done up a festival T-Shirt for this summer. I...
Posted by Frank Turner on Fri, 23 May 2008 06:56:00 PST

New Video

As promised. The single will be out June 23rd. More details soon! ...
Posted by Frank Turner on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:28:00 PST

Superupdate / I love everyone in Plymouth

Hello all. I've been saving up my news pennies for a big update, and then a whole truckload of stuff happens all at once and now I'm probably going to have to break this into two updates. I mean, real...
Posted by Frank Turner on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:35:00 PST

Rant 2 / I Love The Holloways

I find myself in Norwich as I type this, city of dreams. Actually, the weather is totally fab at the moment, I seem to have brought the sun back from California, and life is generally sweet. The Hollo...
Posted by Frank Turner on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:00 PST

VideoGasm

Hello again from Los Angeles. It's disgustingly hot out here, and I'm in the middle of a music industry conference, but the stifling atmosphere is being relieved by much sleep and an almost endless su...
Posted by Frank Turner on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:53:00 PST

Reading and Leeds

I think I did a blog post of pretty much exactly the same title about a year ago, and I'm sure you will have worked out what I'm about to say already, but for the record: FUCKING YES! I'll be on the L...
Posted by Frank Turner on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:25:00 PST

The World Has Gone Insane

For real, apparently.Also, a big rant now: Pizza Express pisses on Wagamama’s. This much is obvious....
Posted by Frank Turner on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:10:00 PST

A Small Rant

The tour is going well, the shows have all been ace so far. Last night in Sheffield I had a heated discussion (shall we say) after the show with a punter, and it raised a couple of points that I feel ...
Posted by Frank Turner on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST