FRANK TURNER returns with a new single an a run of live shows throughout the Summer.
‘The Gathering’, which features guest appearances from JASON ISBELL and MUSE’s Dom Howard, voices the frustrations that we’ve all felt at the absence of live music over the past year and heralds the removal of restrictions and hopeful return to some kind of normality in the coming months.
To make good on this declaration, Turner and his label Xtra Mile will be staging a series of special outdoor shows throughout the Summer.
“At a time when the pandemic has wreaked havoc all across the live music industry, I feel like it’s important to get back to the basics – playing live music to entertain a crowd,” he says. “This summer, with Xtra Mile and friends, I’m taking the punk approach – do it yourself, find a way. I can’t wait.”
Frank Turner Posts New Single The Gathering Featuring Jason Isbell And Muse s Dom Howard Friday, 07 May 2021
Frank Turner has released a new single, The Gathering.
Produced by Rich Costey, the rowdy offering celebrates the return of live music over glam-rock guitar licks and thundering drums from Muse s Dom Howard. Jason Isbell also contributes a solo to the track. The singer-songwriter said: It s about that moment when you come together in a room full of people, and you lean on a stranger and sing along with the chorus and get the words wrong.
It marks Turner s first new material under his own steam in almost two years, and comes with news of nine summer shows headlined by Turner with Xtra Mile Recordings artists such as Skinny Lister, Johnny Lloyd, Pet Needs, Ducking Punches, Non Canon, Deux Furieuses, Berries, Guise, and Semantics. Tickets for the Gatherings are on sale now.
Rolling Stone Menu Frank Turner Taps Jason Isbell, Muse’s Dom Howard for New Song ‘The Gathering’
Track celebrates the return of live music, while British singer-songwriter also plots outdoor summer shows in the U.K.
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Frank Turner envisions the first concerts after Covid-19 lockdown on his new song, “The Gathering,” featuring Jason Isbell and Muse drummer Dom Howard.
Considering its subject matter, “The Gathering” is appropriately arena-sized from the start as Turner bellows over booming drums and towering glam rock riffs: “The first time that the beat drops in the bar, it’s going to be biblical!/The second that the singalong starts, it’ll be sensational!” The track (which was produced by Rich Costey) ends with Isbell unleashing the mightiest guitar solo he can muster.