Frank Turner is very pleased to announce details of his forthcoming seventh studio album.

Be More Kind will be released on May 4th through Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. Months after the release of Songbook, a career-spanning retrospective which also saw reworked versions of tracks from across the past decade, Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for the 36-year-old. It’s a record that combines universal anthems with raw emotion and the political and the personal, with the intricate folk and punk roar trademarks of Turner’s sound imbued with new, bold experimental shades.

Frank has also released the first track from the album, ‘1933’, a clattering, state-of-the-nation anthem which you can listen to below.

In celebration of the album, Frank Turner will be heading out on ‘The Be More Kind Tour’ in April/May which includes a stop at Manchester Academy on 13th April. A full list of live dates can be found below.

BE MORE KIND TOUR – UK & IRELAND DATES:

APRIL

13th Manchester Academy

15th Dublin The Academy

16th Dublin The Academy

18th Belfast The Limelight

20th Aberdeen The Garage

21st Edinburgh Liquid Room

22nd Newcastle O2 Academy

24th Sheffield O2 Academy

25th Liverpool O2 Academy

27th Bristol O2 Academy

28th Exeter Uni Great Hall

30th Cambridge Corn Exchange

MAY

1st Southampton Guildhall 01/05/2018

2nd Southend Cliffs Pavilion 02/05/2018

4th Leicester O2 Academy 04/05/2018

5th Oxford O2 Academy 05/05/2018

8th Hull City Hall

9th Norwich UEA

Source: Chuff Media