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
- Frank Turner – vocals, guitars, production, arrangement
- Ben Lloyd – guitar, harmonica, vocals, arrangement
- Tarrant Anderson – bass, vocals
- Matt Nasir – piano, keyboards, mandolin, string and horn arrangements, vocals, arrangement
- Callum Green – drums, percussion, vocals, arrangement
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
