{"id":3625,"date":"2009-10-20T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2009-11-02T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T12:23:08","slug":"frank-turner-cardiff-uni-27-10-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/preview\/frank-turner-cardiff-uni-27-10-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Turner @ Cardiff Uni : 27.10.09"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FT1\"Everyone loves Frank Turner<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0This is the mantra in Diverse. \u00a0If some old punk comes in looking for something a bit ranty – Frank Turner, a youngster looking for a singer songwriter that isn’t boring – Frank Turner, Billy Bragg fans – Frank Turner, emo kids, folk fans, everyone, young and old, everyone loves Frank Turner. \u00a0The Joy Collective loves him too as he contributed to last year’s end of year review. \u00a0Nice guy.<\/p>\n

OK so the occasional person doesn’t but they’re a bit silly. \u00a0For those of you that are totally unaware of Mr Turner, he used to sing in post hardcore band Million Dead. \u00a0They were pretty damn good and is important to know if you’re listening to Turner’s music. \u00a0He played all the shitty little venues and crap stages at festivals with the band. \u00a0He spent weeks in vans on roads and was part of the D.I.Y. punk rock fraternity. \u00a0He sings about this a fair bit.<\/p>\n

He calls his music ‘campfire punk rock’, you get the idea. \u00a0First album \u2018Sleep Is For The Week<\/em>\u2019 was released in 2007 and was Frank and his guitar singing acoustic songs about waking up in a stranger’s house the morning after, getting older, being skint, generally a lot of things the average twenty something can relate to. \u00a0The following year saw him release \u2018Love Ire & Song<\/em>‘ which had more of an electric influence but followed similar lyrical lines. \u00a0This led to Radio 1 pricking up their ears. \u00a0Soon enough when Frank\u2019s single ‘Long Live The Queen<\/em>‘\u00a0was released in October ’08, it made the R1 C-list, was Single Of The Week on\u00a0Sara Cox<\/strong>\u2019s show and helped sell out Frank\u2019s largest UK headline tour culminating in a bursting-over-capacity-finale at London\u2019s Scala. The following single ‘Reasons Not To Be An Idiot<\/em>‘ released in January of this year eclipsed those successes by graduating to the R1\u2019s B-list, 6Music\u2019s A-list and XFM\u2019s daytime playlist, prompted a Live Lounge session for Sara Cox, a Hub Session for\u00a0George Lamb<\/strong> as well as making iTunes Single Of The Week all helping to recruit a new army of Frank followers.<\/p>\n

It was around this time that America started to get it. \u00a0He played the punk stage at Reading and Leeds alongside bands from over the water, toured with Chuck Ragan and The Gaslight Anthem and it was inevitable that Frank\u2019s brand of folk songwriting, catchy melodies and punk passion would reach the ears of a US label eventually. \u00a0That label was\u00a0Epitaph Records<\/strong>, run by Bad Religion\u2019s legendary guitarist:\u00a0Brett Gurewitz<\/strong>. Excited by what he had heard and seen when Frank headlined LA\u2019s notorious Viper Rooms in March, Gurewitz got in contact and soon enough plans were formulated and a worldwide deal was inked. With loyalty and integrity firmly intact, Frank kept his relationship with his existing label Xtra Mile Recordings for all releases in the UK and Ireland and so the two labels will work closely for what will undoubtedly be an exciting new era in Frank\u2019s ever evolving career.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrank Turner\u2019s music is a revelation to me,\u201d says Gurewitz. \u201cI can\u2019t stop listening to it. It\u2019s a real privilege to get out there and help Xtra Mile spread the Frank Turner gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frank’s third album \u2018Poetry Of The Deed<\/em>\u2019 (the man likes a pun), came out in September and sees more of a band effort. \u00a0Admittedly one of the songs sounds like the Levellers but as he’s spent a lot of time on tour with them I’m going to let him off. \u00a0All of this history gives an insight into his music and you can just click his name to go and listen on his myspace but it’s live that Frank Turner really makes sense.<\/p>\n

I think the first time I saw him was in Clwb Ifor Bach, since then I’ve seen him at Reading, twice at 2000Trees and in Bristol with The Gaslight Anthem, he’s been brilliant every time and even as the support act had the crowd singing every word. \u00a0I don’t even know if there are tickets left for the Cardiff or Bristol dates so I’m being somewhat irresponsible here but keep on the phone until some idiot returns a ticket!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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