Rock & Roll (EP)

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Rock & Roll
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EP by Frank Turner
Released 6 December 2010
Recorded September 2010 at The Church Studios, London, England
Genre Folk punk, folk rock
Length17:21
Label Xtra Mile Recordings
Frank Turner chronology
Buddies
(2010) Buddies2010		Rock & Roll
(2010)		 England Keep My Bones
(2011) England Keep My Bones2011

Rock & Roll is an EP by Frank Turner, released on 6 December 2010 on Xtra Mile Recordings. Describing the release as "a taster" for his subsequent studio album, England Keep My Bones , [1] the EP was preceded by the single, "I Still Believe".

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally contain a minimum of four tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Frank Turner English singer-songwriter

Francis Edward "Frank" Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. In the studio and during live performances, Turner is accompanied by his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, which consists of Ben Lloyd, Tarrant Anderson (bass), Matt Nasir and Nigel Powell (drums).

Xtra Mile Recordings are an independent record label based in London, United Kingdom. The label was founded in 2003 by Charlie Caplowe and they release an eclectic mix of genres with a focus on rock & folk.

Contents

Writing and composition

Regarding the EP's overall aesthetic, Turner noted, "If the music I make is a spectrum that has acoustic folk stuff at one end, and rock music at the other, with Poetry of the Deed the needle was over towards the rock end. That's fine to do on occasion, but I think that as a general thing I’d rather be somewhere a bit more in the middle. So that’s the idea with Rock and Roll, and with the new album as well; the idea is to pull things back a little bit." [2]

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political.

<i>Poetry of the Deed</i> album by Frank Turner

Poetry of the Deed is the third studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on 7 September 2009. The album was released on Xtra Mile Recordings in the UK and Epitaph Records worldwide.

<i>England Keep My Bones</i> album by Frank Turner

England Keep My Bones is the fourth studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on 6 June 2011, on Xtra Mile in the United Kingdom, and on 7 June 2011, on Epitaph Records worldwide. Preceded by the single, "Peggy Sang the Blues", the album was produced and mixed by Tristan Ivemy, who had previously mixed Love, Ire and Song, Rock & Roll and Campfire Punkrock.

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Turner.

No.TitleLength
1."I Still Believe"3:47
2."Pass It Along"4:07
3."Rock & Roll Romance"1:50
4."To Absent Friends"2:58
5."The Next Round"4:39
Total length:17:20

Personnel

Ben Lloyd is a musician and producer / recording engineer based in Oxford, England. He currently plays electric guitar in Frank Turner's band The Sleeping Souls and is a member of the British rock band Dive Dive. He also recorded and produced Frank Turner's first EP Campfire Punkrock (2006) and his first two albums Sleep Is for the Week (2007) and Love Ire & Song (2008). He is endorsed by Laney Amplification and Ernie Ball Strings. Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls headlined Wembley Arena in April 2012 and played at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Tarrant Anderson English musician

Tarrant Anderson is the bass player for Frank Turner's live and studio band, The Sleeping Souls and is a member of the British rock band Dive Dive. He was previously a member of the British punk band Dustball and is based in Oxford, England. Anderson is a Laney endorsed artist. He is also a director of the tour bus hire company Vans For Bands Ltd. Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls won Best Live Act at the Association of Independent Music Awards in 2011 and headlined London's Wembley Arena in April 2012. In July 2012 Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls played at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in London. Anderson studied politics at the University of Reading and an MPhil. in Politics at the University of Oxford.

Nigel Powell English rock musician and record producer

Nigel Powell is an English multi-instrumental musician from Abingdon, England.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Middle West." Blog post from Frank Turner. October 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Frank Turner « HAUS DIGITAL". Hausdigital.com. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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