Hard to define man, this 33-year-old Frank Turner. Grandson of Sir Mark Turner, former CEO of the BHS retail chain, son of an investment banker and a bishop's daughter and fellow student of Prince William at the famous Eton ... Not exactly a background that scores points in the British punk scene. Certainly not after the Guardian reported that Turner - who describes himself as a 'classic liberal'
… - would have right-wing sympathies. It earned him hundreds of death threats. Does it all matter? Actually only if you think that only people from a slum should make the honest workman rock, as it sounds on this sixth album by Frank Turner and his Sleeping Souls. But it may also explain the title. Which, incidentally, fully covers the load: eleven heartbeat-boosting roar songs - all according to the proven recipe 70% punk rock, 20% folk, 10% indie - and the gripping acoustic closing song Song for Josh. Critical hits like Glorious You and Josephine will appeal to unbiased fans and , as well as an indie band like , enter as God's word in an elder. (RME)more
