Frank Turner, British singer-songwriter and punk troubadour, has announced his brand new album ‘No Man’s Land.’ The album is scheduled for release on August 16 via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. In addition, he released the first single ‘Sister Rosetta,’ which can be heard below.
Turner‘s eighth full-length consists of thirteen songs, inspired by and dedicated to women who had a great role in history. ‘No Man’s Land’ tells stories of Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha’arawi, serial killer Nannie Doss, Byzantine princess Kassiani, and Resusci Anne – a drowned virgin whose face was used as the model for the medical CPR mannequin used throughout the globe. “You can’t not write a song about a woman who died never having been kissed and then became the most kissed face in history,” said Turner about the latter.
About the record itself, he added: “It’s bringing together my two main interests in life, which have always been separate from each other – history and songwriting. It’s not telling anyone what to do or how to live or how to be. If there was a crowded field of people writing songs about Princess Kassiani then I would see the argument for me bowing out, but there isn’t. No-one else is writing these songs right now. That’s why I want to share these stories.”
‘No Man’s Land’ tracklist:
01. Jinny Bingham’s Ghost
02. Sister Rosetta
03. I Believed You, William Blake
04. Nica
05. A Perfect Wife
06. Silent Key
07. Eye Of The Day
08. The Death Of Dora Hand
09. The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead
10. The Lioness
11. The Hymn Of Kassiani
12. Rescue Annie
13. Rosemary Jane