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Undefeated (Frank Turner album)

Undefeated is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Frank Turner. It was released on 3 May 2024 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Background

Turner wrote, recorded and produced Undefeated in his home studio on Mersea Island, backed by his long-time band The Sleeping Souls: Ben Lloyd (guitar), Tarrant Anderson (bass), Callum Green (drums) and Matt Nasir (piano). It is also the first album of his without a big label involved in over a decade. The artist refers to the album as his "first back home with a global independent label setup" and celebrates the freedom of working as an "independent artist".

In a statement, Turner explained that there are "no clichés" about the album, which might be "liberating" to him but at the same time feels like having a "duty to justify writing and releasing" a tenth album. Undefeated was inspired by long-time influences, including Black Flag, Counting Crows, Descendents, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg.

Track listing

Personnel

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls

Additional musicians

  • Pete Fraser – saxophone
  • Sam Ewens – flugelhorn, French horn, trumpet
  • George Shilling – cello
  • Anna Jenkins – violin, viola
  • Dougie Murphy – backing vocals
  • Tre Stead – backing vocals
  • Cahir O'Doherty – backing vocals
  • Conor Mullan – backing vocals
  • Johnny Stephenson – backing vocals
  • Kris Lundberg – backing vocals
  • Steve Brown – backing vocals

Technical

  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Tristan Ivemy – mixing
  • Samhain Carter-Brazier – mixing
  • Cecil Bartlett – engineering
  • Sam Duckworth – piano engineering
  • Jay Malhotra – piano engineering
  • Nicolas Müller – backing vocal engineering

Visuals

  • Dougie Murphy – cover photo
  • Phil D'Auria – tintype photos
  • Craigy Lee – tattoo artist
  • OneThirtyEight Ltd. – layout

Charts

References