Frank Turner announces new album and April/May 2018 UK tour
Listen to the lead single '1933'
Frank Turner has unveiled details of his seventh studio album ‘Be More Kind’.
Released on Friday 4th May 2018 via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records, the 13 song album was produced by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block, formerly of psychedelic-rock Texans White Denim, and Florence And The Machine collaborator Charlie Hugall.
The album is described as combining ‘universal anthems with raw emotion and the political and the personal, with the intricate folk and punk roar trademarks of Turner’s sound imbued with new, bold experimental shades.’
As the title suggests, one of the running themes of the album is empathy; even for your arch enemies.
Frank comments: “You should at least be able to inhabit the mental universe of the people you disagree with. If you can’t do that, then how do you communicate with people other than through force of arms, which is something we all agree is a bad idea.”
Impassioned lead single ‘1933’ was penned by Frank in reaction to an article he read that called the alt-right movement ‘punk rock’. “That filled me with a mixture of incredulity and anger,” says Frank. “The idea that Breitbart or Steve Bannon think they have anything to do with punk rock makes me extremely angry.”
Cast your ears on the track here:
In support of the album, Frank Turner will be embarking on an extensive tour of the UK throughout April and into early May.
Tickets go on sale from Kerrang! Radio Tickets at 10am on Friday 2nd February.
See Frank at the following shows:
APRIL 2018
Manchester Academy – 13th
Belfast The Limelight – 18th
Aberdeen The Garage – 20th
Edinburgh Liquid Room – 21st
Newcastle O2 Academy – 22nd
Sheffield O2 Academy – 24th
Liverpool O2 Academy – 25th
Bristol O2 Academy – 27th
Exeter Uni Great Hall – 28th
Cambridge Corn Exchange – 30th
MAY 2018
Southampton O2 Guildhall – 1st
Southend Cliffs Pavilion – 2nd
Leicester O2 Academy – 4th
Oxford O2 Academy – 5th
Hull City Hall – 8th
Norwich UEA – 9th
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The ‘Be More Kind’ track-listing is as follows:
1) Don't Worry
2) 1933
3) Little Changes
4) Be More Kind
5) Make America Great Again
6) Going Nowhere
7) Brave Face
8) There She Is
9) 21st Century Survival Blues
10) Blackout
11) Common Ground
12) The Lifeboat
13) Get It Right
You can pre-order the album right here.