Frank Turner Announces ‘The Next Ten Years’ Box Set
The limited edition 3LP set collects 29 tracks on clear vinyl.
For Frank Turner fans, 2015’s The First Ten Years box set is a rare, treasured artifact. Now Turner is following it up with a sequel release—titled, naturally, The Next Ten Years.
The Next Ten Years will showcase rare and bonus material from the past decade of Turner’s studio albums in a limited edition, 3LP box set pressed on clear vinyl. Those three discs contain a total of 29 tracks, including live and radio sessions, covers, acoustic versions, and collaborations. It’s an essential guide to the in-betweens of Turner’s catalog, and it features quite a few tracks that are either previously unreleased or are appearing on vinyl for the first time.
For LP1, the focus is on Turner’s originals, both live and studio recordings. LP2 shines a spotlight on Turner’s covers—including songs by Tom Jones, Merle Haggard, Janis Ian, the Mountain Goats, Slade, Grace Petrie, Chris T-T, and Flanders & Swann—as well as Turner’s collaborations with Levellers and KT Tunstall. LP3 pairs acoustic versions on one side with a reverse etching design visible through the clear disc.
The records will be housed in a unique gatefold sleeve featuring die-cut stripes and an embossed cover. The printed inner sleeves are adorned with collages assembled from hundreds of previously unshared photos, tour passes, and tour posters. The set will be limited to 4,000 individually numbered copies.
With a catalog that spans from folk to punk (and often merges the two), Turner has built up a fervent following for his solo career after first breaking through as the vocalist for the post-hardcore band Million Dead. He’s been widely praised for his fiery performances and earnest songwriting unafraid to get personal or political. “If Turner’s music doesn’t make this sorry world a better place,” The Guardian once wrote, “it won’t be for want of trying.”
