Frank Turner - No Man's Land [VINYL]

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With 2018 Producer of the Year Catherine Marks at the helm and featuring a dynamic cast of all-female musicians, \u2018No Man\u2019s Land\u2019 is an album dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked by dint of their gender. \u201cThese stories should have been told already,\u201d says Turner of the album and its accompanying podcast series, \u2018Tales From No Man\u2019s Land\u2019 which launches its first episode today. \u201cAnd I suspect if they were men they would be better known.\u201d\r
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The women featured on the album\u2019s 13 tracks come from across wide geographical and historical lines. There\u2019s Byzantine princess Kassiani (The Hymn of Kassiani), Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha'arawi (The Lioness), and Resusci Anne (Rescue Annie) an apocryphal drowned virgin whose face was used as the model for the medical CPR mannequin across the world (\u201cYou can\u2019t not write a song about a woman who died never having been kissed and then became the most kissed face in history,\u201d reasons Turner). There\u2019s the serial killer from the Deep South who plucked her victims from lonely hearts pages (Nannie Doss), the jazz-obsessed heiress who fought for the Free French (Nica Rothschild), a rowdy coach house landlady from 17th century Camden Town accused of witchcraft (Jinny Bigham), the Wild West vaudeville star shot by a smalltown outlaw (Dora Hand). These are just a few of the fascinating characters who feature on No Man\u2019s Land and have long been ignored by the mainstream.\r
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\u201cIt\u2019s bringing together my two main interests in life, which have always been separate from each other - history and songwriting,\u201d explains Turner, who can be found seeking out long-forgotten historical sites on self-guided psychogeographical strolls when he\u2019s not packing out arenas or headlining festivals. \r
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First single \u2018Sister Rosetta\u2019 is about the unparalleled Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most important and influential musicians in American History. On it you can hear guitar breaks lifted from Tharpe\u2019s own back catalogue. \u201cWhich I found challenging, because she\u2019s a way better guitar player than me,\u201d admits Turner. \r
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Despite the record\u2019s implicit feminism, it doesn\u2019t see Turner\u2019s clambering onto any kind of soapbox. \u201cIt\u2019s not telling anyone what to do or how to live or how to be,\u201d he explains, prepared for a variety of different reactions to the project, including those who might be wondering if it\u2019s really his place to be singing songs of disenfranchised women. \u201cIf there was a crowded field of people writing songs about Princess Kassiani then I would see the argument for me bowing out, but there isn\u2019t,\u201d he states. \u201cNo-one else is writing these songs right now. That\u2019s why I want to share these stories.\u201d \r
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No Man\u2019s Land also includes perhaps the most revelatory song of Turner\u2019s career. Written in tribute to his mother, Rosemary Jane honours her grit and determination through the harder parts of his childhood.\r
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No stranger to appearing on other people\u2019s shows, Turner\u2019s own podcast \u2018Tales From No Man\u2019s Land\u2019 takes a deep dive into each song, like a sonic Cliffs Notes. Produced in collaboration with Somethin\u2019 Else it sees Turner talking to historians and experts at places important to the women on the record, from Jinny Bingham\u2019s coach house - which is now Camden\u2019s Underworld venue - to Cleveland\u2019s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame which only last year honoured Rosetta Tharpe, the Dodge City\u2019s Boot Hill Museum and Southwark\u2019s Cross Bones graveyard. Each finishes up with Turner singing an acoustic version of the song. \u201cI\u2019m not someone who believes in the supernatural, but there\u2019s definitely an imprint when you\u2019re at the place that was important to them,\u201d says Turner. \u201cIt feels like a nice honouring, and a way to say \u2018hey, we\u2019re still thinking about you\u2019.\u201d\r
The first episode of the podcast is available from 3rd July. There will be 13 episodes, releasing weekly and the podcast will be available from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast and all other podcast platforms.\r
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NO MAN\u2019S LAND features thirteen tracks:\r
1.\tJinny Bingham\u2019s Ghost\r
2.\tSister Rosetta\r
3.\tI Believed You, William Blake\r
4.\tNica\r
5.\tA Perfect Wife\r
6.\tSilent Key\r
7.\tEye of the Day\r
8.\tThe Death of Dora Hand\r
9.\tThe Graveyard of the Outcast Dead\r
10.\tThe Lioness\r
11.\tThe Hymn of Kassiani\r
12.\tRescue Annie\r
13.\tRosemary Jane\r
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