Frank Turner, who performs tonight at King Tuts in Glasgow, has a new album on the way. On August 16, Turner will release his eighth solo album, titled No Man's Land.
More than an album title, Turner recorded the record with producer Catherine Marks and a group of female musicians to help support its theme of overlooked women. "These stories should have been told already," Turner says in summary of the record. It will have an accompanying podcast series, "Tales From No Man's Land" giving further depth. "And I suspect if they were men they would be better known."
Turner address potential negative reaction to the concept as well: "It's not telling anyone what to do or how to live or how to be," he adds. "If there was a crowded field of people writing songs about Princess Kassiani then I would see the argument for me bowing out, but there isn't...No-one else is writing these songs right now. That's why I want to share these stories."
The album will release on Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records.
NO MAN'S LAND
(Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records)
Track listing
1. Jinny Bingham's Ghost
2. Sister Rosetta
3. I Believed You, William Blake
4. Nica
5. A Perfect Wife
6. Silent Key
7. Eye of the Day
8. The Death of Dora Hand
9. The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead
10. The Lioness
11. The Hymn of Kassiani
12. Rescue Annie
13. Rosemary Jane
FRANK TURNER
UK SUMMER TOUR DATES
JULY
7th King Tuts, Glasgow (Solo Show)
11th2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
12th Wasteland Festival, Newcastle
14th Folk By The Oak Festival, Hatfield
AUGUST
3rd Wickham Festival, Fareham
4th Tunes in the Castle, Exeter
9th Cropredy Festival, Cropredy
22nd Cottingham Folk Festival (Solo Show)
25th Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
