Frank Turner

Be More Kind

Seventh studio album from longtime friend-of-Banquet and general rock superstar Frank Turner. Recorded over a period of seven months with producers Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block (formerly of White Denim) and Florence And The Machine and Halsey collaborator Charlie Hugall, it's a 'rock-led album with hints of electronic pop'.

“Somewhere in the record, there’s a convergence of the ideas of personal and political, which is a central theme of the album,” Turner says. One of the driving themes of the album is empathy, even for your enemy. “You should at least be able to inhabit the mental universe of the people you disagree with. If you can’t do that, then how do you communicate with people other than through force of arms, which is something we all agree is a bad idea.” Behind some of the best songs of Turner’s career is the idea that the human race needs to find better ways of disagreeing than screaming each other down.