Frank Turner is an English punk/folk singer/songwriter that just released his ninth solo album titled FTHC. Turner’s new album is unquestionably his most revealing and emotional work to date. The song “A Wave Across a Bay” is an anthemic love ballad for Scott Hutchinson, a Scottish singer-songwriter and longtime friend of Turner who committed suicide in 2018. Turner is an active Humanist and philanthropist who supports many liberal causes, including assisted dying through the Dignity in Dying campaign. The album’s seventh track is a recording titled “Miranda” that tells the story of Frank reconciling the distant and bitter relationship he had with his childhood father after the investment banker announced she was transgender and changed her name to Miranda. In an interview with The Guardian Turner explained - “Since then we’ve found our even keel. She’s really fun, really chatty and she cares. She’s interested in who I am and what I do, which my dad never was at all....
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