Revox - Simon Turner

Advantages: A new Frank Turner album
Disadvantages: Perhaps not as strong as previous ones

...Ladies and gentlemen?introducing a little known man who goes by the name of Frank Turner ? a singer songwriter hailing from London, with his third studio album; Poetry of the Deed. Anyone who?s a fan of good music, read on? His first two helpings of delicious of folk-cum-indie-acoustic rock music were anthemic and created a large buzz on the ?scene?. His debut; Sleep is for the Week, combined big sing-a-long choruses and lyrics of everyday life. His second outing; Love, Ire & Song did it all again but with more maturity, with heartfelt lyrics and complex song structures. Poetry of the Deed takes these two formulas and makes a great combination. The album?s opener; Live Fast Die Old, is somewhat different to much of his previous solo work and emphasises his close-knit band which he works along side now during his live shows... Read review

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Advantages: A Stunningly good author
Disadvantages: None

...My wife read it and said: "You should read this book (Neverland) by Simon Crump, it's got a very black sense of humour. You'll enjoy it." So I did. It was. I did. Neverland by Simon Crump. It's a very novel Novel. Is it a collection of interlinked short stories, as some people believe? Yes. Well, no. Not, quite. It's more a collection of interlinked ideas, instead. By the way, the dead hamster unicorn featured in the novel? I'm not entirely certainly it was. Dead, that is. Simon Crump takes several different ideas and places them in a very unique and out of place context. You can imagine Michael Jackson and Uri Geller together. (They are or rather, were friends in real life) You can imagine them being in a shopping mall. You can imagine them having an argument. But then place them and their argument (and the stunning consequences... Read review

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Advantages: Fresh music, great lyrics
Disadvantages: While there is the odd weaker song, they are not a dissadvantage

...One of the best things about going to gigs, is discovering new bands and artists that you would otherwise have never paid any attention to, this has happened to me a number of times, discovering bands like The Horrors when I saw the Fratellis but one time, seeing Biffy Clyro, I had this happen big time, I discovered someone who would shoot straight to the top in my books, aka. Mr. Frank Turner. I saw him at the Junction with my friend, neither of us knew who Frank Turner was, and when he came on stage we assumed he was the guy tuning the guitars, that was until he said ?Hello, I?m Frank Turner?. Standing before us was then 25 year old Frank, with his trusty semi-acoustic guitar, a rather cool hat and a mind full of excellent songs. He captured the crowd with songs like ?Thatcher Fucked the Kids?, ?Nashville Tennessee? and ?Ballad of me... Read review

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