Travelling folk superhero Frank Turner has announced details of a fresh 20-odd date tour of the UK in the coming weeks, plus a new EP.
The Real Damage EP is released on May 7th on funky-fresh record label Xtra Mile. Tracks confirmed are:
‘The Real Damage’
‘Sea Legs’
‘Back To Sleep’
‘Sunshine State’
‘Heartless Bastard Motherfucker’
Even better, tour support (dates below) comes from fragile-voiced superstar Jay Jay Pistolet, gravel-voiced dirty-mouthed motherfolker Beans On Toast, highly-humorous indie-jazz-every-other-genre trio Blah Blah Blah and Captain Scarlet’s Mysteron-aiding foe Captain Black, as follows:
April
20 London Oh! Bar (Camden Crawl)
22 Manchester Night & Day (w/Jay Jay Pistolet, Blah Blah Blah)
23 Newcastle Global Room @ Newcastle University (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
24 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
25 Inverness Ironworks (w/Blah Blah Blah)
26 Glasgow Nice N Sleazys (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
27 Liverpool Korova (w/Blah Blah Blah)
28 Leicester Charlotte (w/Jay Jay Pistolet)
29 Stoke Sugarmill (w/Jay Jay Pistolet, Blah Blah Blah)
30 Sheffield Neutral Room @ The Plug (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
May
1 Cambridge Junction (w/Jay Jay Pistolet, Blah Blah Blah)
2 London Bush Hall (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet, Beans On Toast)
4 Nottingham Social (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet)
5 Northampton Soundhaus (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet)
6 Birmingham Bar Academy (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet)
7 Bristol Thekla (w/Jay Jay Pistolet, Blah Blah Blah)
8 Exeter Cavern (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
9 Penzance The Acorn (w/Beans On Toast, Blah Blah Blah)
11 Tunbridge Wells Forum (w/Jay Jay Pistolet, Blah Blah Blah)
12 Oxford Zodiac (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet)
13 Norwich Arts Centre (w/Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet)
16 Bournemouth Green Room
Mr Turner has recently spent three days being followed by a documentary maker at his solo shows in Swindon, Devizes and Winchester, which presumably will see the light of day later in the year.
‘The Real Damage’ video, meanwhile, can be found on his MySpace page, so go! The song itself is also available on Frank's debut album Sleep Is For The Week.
Photo by George Steel
Real Damage: One of the best songs ever written
Heartless Bastard Motherfucker: embarassingly shit
what,
even the Ben Folds-style piano breakdown? ;)
Wooo!
Was gutted when I missed him in Manchester last. The end of the video (with the pictures) is funny.
Still think Fathers Day or Ldies of London Town would make better singles. Having said that, the whole album's pretty strong.
The Charlotte site
says Kid Harpoon's also supporting, although his Myspace remains schtum.
i think that support slot was announced prematurely
i dont think he can make it..
Wut bout this Million Dead documentary?
That meant to be out this year or whaaaaat?
Last I heard
the label were not seeing much point putting out a DVD of a little-known, deceased band.
Bad label.
My
arse
.
,
Francis was considering putting the DVD out himself, but i think it's all ran a bit cold now. Which is a shame. As far as i know Xtra mile (million dead and Francis' label) have no plans to release it.
As far as I know.
Just watched the video. Lolled a bit.
That's not great news.
On another note
I tried preordering your PRE album on the HMV website and they STILL don't have any in stock.
Sowwwt it aaaawwwt.
(not you specifically; just in case you were interested, the distrib's a bit crap)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
He's playing in Penzance! Right after I move away after years and years of no good gigs in Penzance! Wrongness
sunshine state!
yay!
is that tim westwood he's sat next to?
Jay Jay Pistolet!
what a man. i went to see them play in Winchester, it was incredibley good, this tour looks set to be sweeeet.
dude, all the cool kids went to see them in southampton!
i very nearly went to the Winch gig too, but i got a better offer at the last minute and went to the beer n blues festival at the Hobbit instead.
Swindon
was totally where it was at ;)
tunbridge wells.
nearest one to me that doesn't have beans on toast supporting. jay jay pistolet, wow. he has a fab voice....
why
would you not want to see Beans on Toast? The man is pure folk delight in a scruffy pint-sized package.
well.
you've given me a reason there.
i saw him at the barfly show frank did last august...not good at all.
Is that Satan?
In the front row, right of Frank Turner.