Frank Turner announces new album, Undefeated: “A record about survival and defiance”, but “with a sense of fun and self-deprecation”

Frank Turner has just announced details of his 10th studio album, Undefeated.

The singer-songwriter will be releasing the follow-up to 2022’s massive FTHC on May 3 via Xtra Mile, with new single and album opener Do One out now. Frank says that the track was actually “the last song I wrote for the new album, and the first song on that album, as well as the first single. So it’s a summation of what I’m trying to say with this record, a record about survival and defiance, but also one with a sense of fun and self-deprecation. 19 years into my solo career, I’m still standing up and putting out some of my best work. It feels good.”

He adds of his mindset going into the LP as a whole: “There are no clichés about the difficult 10th album, so in some ways, that’s a liberating statement. But at the same time, I have a duty to justify writing and releasing a 10th album. That’s a lot of records for anybody. Also, I’m 42. Which is not a sexy, rock’n’roll age. But all through my career, I've been interested in writers like Loudon Wainwright III or The Hold Steady, people who write about adulthood, essentially.”

Watch the video for Do One now:

See the full album tracklist:

1. Do One
2. Never Mind The Back Problems
3. Ceasefire
4. Girl From The Record Shop
5. Pandemic PTSD
6. Letters
7. East Finchley
8. No Thank You For The Music
9. The Leaders
10. International Hide and Seek Champions
11. Show People
12. On My Way
13. Somewhere Inbetween
14. Undefeated

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