The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Frank Turner

Frank Turner’s The Next Storm (Jan’15) is a bit all fart and no shit. One of those songs where you can’t find the chorus let alone remember singing it. Perhaps that’s the magic because this is a real good one. Rousing festival fare. A song bound to have thousands bouncing in concerts swearing to a profoundly moving experience they can’t explain unless you were there.

Stirring English indie pop in the mould of James Sit Down  the song itself is a whinge about nothing. Or a celebration of life and a rallying cry for hope. Up to you. Either way it starts out with rain but then the storm passes with exhortations to rejoice. You will rejoice because this is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

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Shit you need to know:

The Next Storm has been called “an uplifting anthem,” with a “heavy but foot-tappingly upbeat instrumental” and “a jubilantly euphoric, though very slight, gospel rock tinge”.

The new album was produced by Butch Walker, famous for making magic for Weezer, Fall Out Boy and The Wombats to name but a select few.

The band recorded the long player in nine days and mostly live with the vocals unedited.

Frank Turner was big into metal, punk and hardcore before listening to Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Then he mellowed out.

Frank said 90's emo band Mineral were one of his favorite bands and that he listened to a fair bit of Jimmy Eat World.

The big man tips Felix Hagan & The Family as one of his big loves these days and says they are destined for bigger and brighter things.

Originally a metaller he loved Iron Maiden and won Celebrity Mastermind with Iron Maiden as his speciality subject.

At one time Frank was getting up to a 100 death threats a day due to misguided perceptions of his politics. He’s actually a good dude who said “David Cameron is a twat ... I wouldn’t vote for that cunt”.

The best big Frank Turner tunes are Recovery, I Still Believe and Get Better.

The dirty double dip comes courtesy of Frank Turner who has big-upped this London indie pop rock band Felix Hagan and the Family. Here is the irrepressible Go Back Home (2014).