Broken English Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 So yeah, I’m still trying to process this one. Ive been a Frank Turner fan for about a decade, and aside from Sister Rosetta, I can’t find a single redeeming feature of this album. It’s lyrically unsophisticated, clumsy, generic, contrived and all round terrible. It sounds like all his worst moments as a compilation album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Broken English said: So yeah, I’m still trying to process this one. Ive been a Frank Turner fan for about a decade, and aside from Sister Rosetta, I can’t find a single redeeming feature of this album. It’s lyrically unsophisticated, clumsy, generic, contrived and all round terrible. It sounds like all his worst moments as a compilation album. I haven't heard it yet but I absolutely adore Jinny Bingham's Ghost, it's like having old Frank back, probably the best song he's written since anything on Tape Deck Heart. Sister Rosetta was just a bit dull to me, I quite like I Believed You William Blake, haven't heard the rest to really comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Listened through now. I think theres some solid tracks on it, like the two I mentioned are probably my favourites but Lioness is pretty good, as is The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead and Rosemary Jane but most of it is pretty tame. I think it being a tad simple and slow is probably intentional, to reflect the times these stories are focused around, it's a bit 'old folk' as a concept. it's a story book album, as a result it's not as natural a writing method as he's used to, he's telling historic stories after all, so I think thats why he's done it the way he has. To be honest though it's quite refreshing compared to the dross he's put out on the last two records, there's actually some very interesting ideas buried in here. I think he should've taken this concept and done a larger EP and not a full blown album (which I believe is what he intended in the first place) but sonically I welcome a lot of it, it's much more pleasant to me than the last two records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken English Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Kay said: Listened through now. I think theres some solid tracks on it, like the two I mentioned are probably my favourites but Lioness is pretty good, as is The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead and Rosemary Jane but most of it is pretty tame. I think it being a tad simple and slow is probably intentional, to reflect the times these stories are focused around, it's a bit 'old folk' as a concept. it's a story book album, as a result it's not as natural a writing method as he's used to, he's telling historic stories after all, so I think thats why he's done it the way he has. To be honest though it's quite refreshing compared to the dross he's put out on the last two records, there's actually some very interesting ideas buried in here. I think he should've taken this concept and done a larger EP and not a full blown album (which I believe is what he intended in the first place) but sonically I welcome a lot of it, it's much more pleasant to me than the last two records. I really hope it’ll grow on me, but the lyrics to every song are so uninspired and unsophisticated. They’re like if a primary school teacher told a third grade student to study a famous figure and write a poem about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, Broken English said: I really hope it’ll grow on me, but the lyrics to every song are so uninspired and unsophisticated. They’re like if a primary school teacher told a third grade student to study a famous figure and write a poem about it. I get what you mean for some of them but for others I think you're way off. some of them are actually quite clever lyrically, but as it's historical and analytical it can't be as fanciful and emotional as more personable songwriting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken English Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 26 minutes ago, Kay said: I get what you mean for some of them but for others I think you're way off. some of them are actually quite clever lyrically, but as it's historical and analytical it can't be as fanciful and emotional as more personable songwriting. Which song lyrics are decent so I can give them another go. Because I’m about twelve seconds from never listening to this bullshit ever again, and forgetting it ever happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just now, Broken English said: Which song lyrics are decent so I can give them another go. Because I’m about twelve seconds from never listening to this bullshit ever again, and forgetting it ever happened. lol well Jinny Bingham I really like the lyrics of throughout, the way they work with the metre is pretty well done. but Hymn of Kassiani had it's moments as well. I'm not saying they're amazing lyrics by his usual standards, but I found them interesting without being forced like some of them appear to be. "Yes I hid from his eyes when he visited But don't dare think me frightened or meek I was sick of his ineffable condescension And I will not kiss those sacred feet I will make his footsteps into music To be heard by both heathen and Greek They will mock his meanderings in paradise at twilight And they'll remember me: Kassiani She who hates silence when it's time to speak" I also loved little parts lyrically of I Believed You William Blake. specifically "My husband he talks with angels And with spirits that he can see He passes time with the divine But not so much with me" ---- "We scraped by in the shadows Sown with pity and with scorn The great and good they never could Recognize a prophet born" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Nah, this was not good. I forced myself to get thorugh it and then i turned on Love, Ire & Song and I remembered why I liked his music from to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 I’ve just I’ve just skimmed through a couple of tracks but it sounds like it’s more of a nod towards his old self rather than the pile of shite he’s been releasing after Tape Deck Heart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 It's definitely not amazing but it's not the dumpster fire people keep acting like it is. There's a handful of good tracks, more than I can say for anything since tape deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken English Posted August 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 13 hours ago, Kay said: It's definitely not amazing but it's not the dumpster fire people keep acting like it is. There's a handful of good tracks, more than I can say for anything since tape deck. No, it’s definitely a dumpster fire that two homeless people are trying to extinguish by pissing on it Every album of his has has had at least three or four standout tracks. This has none, it’s irredeemably shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 8 hours ago, Broken English said: No, it’s definitely a dumpster fire that two homeless people are trying to extinguish by pissing on it Every album of his has has had at least three or four standout tracks. This has none, it’s irredeemably shit. Well, I disagree. I straight up love 3 of them and that's more than I can say for his previous two albums, and none of them annoy the shit out of me which, again, is more than I can say for his previous two. I don't see what the problem is apart from some being a bit dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken English Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Kay said: Well, I disagree. I straight up love 3 of them and that's more than I can say for his previous two albums, and none of them annoy the shit out of me which, again, is more than I can say for his previous two. I don't see what the problem is apart from some being a bit dull. To each their own. Im going to do my best to pretend he never released it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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