Frank Turner - Positive Songs For Negative People

Well well. I was beginning to despair. Whilst I've come across some great albums this year (by actively seeking out new stuff) only one or two had really hit the spot for me (Public Service Broadcasting and Django Django). Also, Apple Music hadn't really thrown anything my way that had caught my imagination ... and then came Frank Turner. New to me again (but of course checking back, he's been mentioned on here twice before) he's got a brand new album out, Positive Songs For Negative People. I read a little about him and at first thought 'Eton Old Boy - eugh', but why should that mean someone can't write good songs - of course it doesn't. There's a review of this album in the Guardian (where it only gets three stars!) here Frank Turner: Positive Songs for Negative People review, and it would seem that I seem to like music that doesn't demand much from the listener. Well, whatever it might say about me, I'm prepared to declare loud and clear that I think that this is a cracking album - just my kind of thing. Have a listen. There are links to a couple of tracks in the Guardian review.

At The Moment I'm Listening To...

Sometimes with posts there's a pressure to write a piece about a band or bring something new. I thought you might just want to know what I've been listening to recently. Two tracks. Go get 'em.

St. George's Day

It's St. George's Day today and a time when we should be down the pub celebrating everything great about England, like, erm, binge drinking. I'm actually very proud to be English and think it's a real shame that people don't celebrate today more. Perhaps it's because the media and marketing people don't like to get behind it in fear of alienating the Welsh and Scottish. So instead we have to put up with a lot of promotion for St. Patrick's day as everybody is indifferent to the Irish...

MP3: Long Live The Queen - Frank Turner

MP3: New England - Billy Bragg