I'm back from a bit of a break and will be writing some more reviews soon, so don't all delete me fr...
I'm back from a bit of a break and will be writing some more reviews soon, so don't all delete me from your lists just yet.
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With a nod to Black Flag's The First Four Years, this is a gap-filling collection that puts together the missing pieces from so far in Frank Turner's career. There's a bunch of early singles and EPs making up the first half and some totally unreleased tracks for the second. Collectors need read no further; you'll want this for them alone.
As is typical for such collections there are a number of cover tracks but these are no mere runthroughs and get a total reworking in inimitable Turner style: They range from the sublime (The Outdoor Type by the Lemonheads and Fix Me by Black Flag) to the ridiculous (Dancing Queen and You Are My Sunshine) although those with a sense of humour should still appreciate the latter two. There's even a revisiting of Smiling at Strangers on Trains, a song from his former band Million Dead.
That said, there's obviously no real theme to the album and its origins a collection of unrelated tracks seems pretty obvious when you listen to it. The unreleased original material was also slow to grab me in comparison to the songs from the early EPs and the covers, which relegates it to something you'd probably want to have in addition to the two earlier albums rather than instead of them. T o anyone new to Turner's brand of post-punk folkiness I'd recommend starting there first, although you can get a double pack of this Love Ire and Song which would make a good starting point..
To the already converted though; what are you waiting for?
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Advantages: Brilliant vocal technique, wonderful songs, Reasonable price Disadvantages: Some may find it a bit boring depending if they like folk music or not
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