Frank Turner’s flair for crafting confessional yet life-affirming songs from challenging emotions has been on top form with his recent singles ‘Haven’t Been Doing So Well’and ‘Miranda’. While he has excelled at writing about his own experiences, his new single ‘A Wave Across A Bay’ is a much heavier responsibility as Frank pays tribute to his late friend Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit.
‘A Wave Across A Bay’ opens with Frank singing of a final, dream-like encounter with his old friend – which is ironic as he notes that neither of them would believe in such an occurrence “given that both of us are atheists.” From that point onwards, Frank paints an evocative image of Scott in his final moments, during which he finally finds the peace that had so cruelly eluded him. Despite the evident pain, the song finds Frank coming to terms with Scott’s decision with understanding and acceptance.
Frank says, “I still miss my friend Scott every day. His passing left such a huge hole in so many lives. I wrote this song in his honour and memory, it was hard to write and record, but I think it does the man some small justice.”
‘A Wave Across A Bay’ is released with the blessing of Scott’s younger brother Grant. Frank first performed the song shortly after Scott’s death in 2020 during a set of Frightened Rabbit covers. The livestream show raised funds for the children and young people’s mental health charity Tiny Changes, which was set up by the Hutchison family to help provide every child with “the opportunity to lead happy and fulfilled lives as adults.”
Out now digitally, the single is also available to order here on 7” vinyl.Profits for the sale of this 7’’ will be paid to Tiny Changes. The single features Frank’s cover of the Frightened Rabbit fan favourite ‘Modern Leper’ on the b-side, which was recorded with Scott during an Xtra Mile / OB1 session in May 2017. Photos of Frank and Scott together feature on both the reverse of the packaging and on the label of the b-side.
‘A Wave Across A Bay’ is released alongside a performance video of the track recorded at Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden. Watch the video HERE.
‘A Wave Across A Bay’ features on the upcoming ‘FTHC’ album which will be released on February 11th and is available to pre-order here. Formats include, deluxe CD, LP, picture disc and cassette, while signed bundles are available exclusively from Frank’s UK store.
Due to covid, the forthcoming English, Welsh and Scottish dates of the Never Ending Tour of Everywhere will be rescheduled to later in the year – more info to follow shortly. The Irish and Northern Irish dates will still take place in April – full details below.
APRIL8th – Belfast, The Limelight9th – Cork, Cypress Avenue10th – Dublin, The Academy