Tape Deck Heart

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Turner's fifth studio effort as a solo artist, was produced by Rich Costey (Muse, Weezer, Rage Against The Machine). People who dismiss his last few albums because they think his music only works as a solo act are missing out on some of the most dynamic rock music being made currently. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung.

Tape Deck Heart - Wikipedia

It's rarely a surprise when hardcore punk dudes turn out to be acoustic boys at heart, but few are as sure-handed as former Million Dead singer Frank Turner. I can't settle on my rating yet, but anyone who even tries to say this album "isn't Frank" is definitely off their rocker. In line with previous editions, this expanded reissue is packaged in a striking, metallic-printed, gatefold sleeve, within an O-Card. The only song on the last two albums that even has hints of the "folk punk" shtick people pin on him is Four Simple Words.Comprised of various labels we know and love at Rough Trade (Bella Union, ATO, Speedy Wunderground, Phantasy, Heavenly, Mute and more) PIAS [Recordings] filter through some of the most diverse artistry to our racks, which we greatly enjoy digging into. So it irks me a little bit when people say that it’s so much better than everything else he’s done when the albums that came after have continually refined that sound. Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings]. Explaining the album's title, Turner stated, "A 'Tape Deck Heart' is someone who has a love of music above anything else.

Tape Deck Heart (2013, Digipack, CD) - Discogs Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart (2013, Digipack, CD) - Discogs

Turner elaborated, "I tell people it's about dancing but it's really a song about punk rock and the pleasantly surprising revelation that, at 31, my ethics and approach to music are the same as when I was 15. Despite any influences I can discern, this album is still vintage Frank Turner, which is especially clear in a song like “Anymore”: a man and his guitar, singing about how he doesn’t love somebody anymore and about how disconcertingly easy it is to hurt someone when you’ve decided that’s what you need to do.The Way I Tend To Be” is the biggest example, with memorable drums and unconventional vocal inflections (listen to the way Frank draws out the word “remember” in the chorus, which sounds a little like something Adam Duritz would do). This is much more of a traditional rock record than anything else Frank has done, and that’s a good thing because it means that it’s probably the most consistent album he’s made.