Written by: Geoff Tischman
Frank Turner is known for delivering some of the most blistering live performances around.
The Meonstoke-born singer/songwriter is never one to skimp on intensity and heart and his show at the Town Hall in New York the other night (10/15) was no exception.
Although it was an all acoustic, mostly sit-down affair, Turner and his band didn’t let the casual setup interfere with the vigor and power of his compositions.
Turner played numbers from his expansive songbook, including tracks from his latest album No Man’s Land. Filled with muscle, truth and poetic soul, Turner is a songwriter who has the perfect balance of empathy and guts and every number sizzles with raw immediacy.
“The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead” and “Nica” were two personal favorites from his solo set, but when he was joined by his band The Sleeping Souls, tracks like “I Am Disappeared” and “The Way I Tend To Be” took right off.
Turner always puts on an exhaustive show and it never fails to be an invigorating experience.
Frank Turner Set List
1-8 Solo
9-28 with the Sleeping Souls
- Jinny Bingham’s Ghost
- The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead
- Nica
- A Perfect Wife
- The Death of Dora Hand
- Sister Rosetta
- Rosemary Jane
- The Lioness
- The Ballad of Me and My Friends
- I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
- Journey of the Magi
- Substitute
- Isabel
- Wanderlust
- Reasons Not To Be An Idiot
- I Am Disappeared
- Tell Tale Signs
- One Foot Before The Other
- The Way I Tend To Be
- The Opening Act Of Spring
- Love Forty Down
- There She Is
- The Lifeboat
- Balthazar, Impressario
- Photosynthesis
- Recovery
- I Still Believe
- Be More Kind
