Originally written by ben marwood · 6 April 2006
A mere six months after the dissolution of Brit punk-rockers Million Dead, their former frontman has already announced plans for his debut five-track EP.
Frank Turner's Campfire Punkrock is due out on May 15 through Xtramile Recordings. The tracklisting is set to be:
'Nashville Tennessee' 'Thatcher Fucked The Kids' 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The One Of Me' 'Casanova Lament' 'I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year'
Turner is currently touring with the relatively unknown Gabby Young Collective, and when DiS caught up with him in the small Wiltshire town of Devizes on Monday he described it as "freeloading". How honest. The new material has something of a country feel about it and he is backed on the EP by Dive Dive. If you want to check him out first hand, which you should, the remaining dates are:
April 6th Bournemouth Gander On The Green 7th Guildford The Plantation Cafe 8th Oxford The Corner Rooms 10th Brighton Joogleberry Playhouse 11th London The Bedford, Balham 12th London The Snooty Fox, Canonbury 13th London The Tube Club @ the Archway Tavern 15th/16th Oxford The Wheatsheaf (w/Dive Dive) 17th London Dingwalls, Camden (w/Engerica) 18th Leeds The Vine 19th Edinburgh Whistlebinkies 22nd Aberdeen Cafe Drummond 23rd Liverpool Magnet 24th Coventry The Jailhouse 25th Dudley The Shed 26th Manchester The Retro Bar 27th Cardiff Bar Tantra 30th Bristol The Louisiana
May 1st Perranporth The Watering Hole 2nd Plymouth University Students Union 3rd Exmouth Students Union 4th Cambridge The Loft Bar 5th Swindon Riffs (end of tour party)
Anyone attending these shows should ask for a cover of a song by The Killers. Go on, see what happens.