England Keep My Bones

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It’s an examination of national identity, but I feel very strongly that that is a facet of existence, of a person’s makeup, that is not imbued with any inherent moral quality.” Thomas, Adam (20 June 2011). "Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones". United States: Sputnik Music. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 June 2011. Would I have written and recorded and released this record last year?” Turner ponders. “Quite possibly not.” So, if you look at a song like ‘Rivers,’ or a song like ‘English Curse,’ things like that, there was definitely an attempt to inhabit some of those melodic and structural and arrangement realms.” But there’s a problem: King Harold of England wasn’t exclusively English. His mother was a member of the Danish aristocracy, the guy’s uncle was King Cnut. The king before him, Edward the Confessor, was half Norman.

It’s anti-authoritarianism at play here—nothing to do with a fictitious idea of England invented by disingenuous nationalists. a b "England Keep My Bones by Frank Turner". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020 . Retrieved 3 July 2021. The most nationalistic point on England Keep My Bones, surely, is ‘English Curse,’ an acapella song composed in the style of a medieval folk ballad. It tells the story of how King William II— the son of William the Conqueror—was killed by a stray arrow whilst hunting. “King William came / To Albion fair, King Harold to slay / With greed in his heart and his scurrilous claim / He took the land for his own,” Turner intones, haunting and hypnotic. “But if you steal the land of an Englishman / Then you will know this curse / Your first-born son’s warm blood will run / Upon the English earth.”Jurek, Thom (2 June 2011). "England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner". Ann Arbor: AllMusic. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019 . Retrieved 13 June 2011. Ruminations on death, legacy, and remembrance also occupy a lot of the album’s lyricism. But I wonder how seriously was he taking those musings at the time. a b "Dutchcharts.nl – Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

England Keep My Bones". frank-turner.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011 . Retrieved 29 June 2012.Act 2, scene 1 King Philip of France and the Duke of Austria, on behalf of Arthur, begin to lay siege to the city of Angiers, property of the English monarch. John and his army arrive. Each king demands that the citizens of Angiers allow the “King of England” to enter, but the citizens ask for proof as to which (John or Arthur) is the true king. When the kings decide to join forces to destroy the city, the citizens propose that the kings instead become allies through a marriage of the French Dauphin Louis to John’s niece Blanche. To further this proposed alliance, John gives up five Continental provinces and makes Arthur Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, while Philip abandons Arthur’s cause.

In the build-up to this record, my career was going in such a way that I’d started touring the States quite a lot—but, usually, completely on my own.”Alongside the original album, the tenth anniversary edition will also include a bonus disc of unheard demo recordings from the El Paso Sessions of the period. Customised with bespoke new artwork, the double-disc set will be available on 180g vinyl and in a multitude of different colour variants – exclusive to indie retailers across the world. Renshaw, David (8 June 2011). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012 . Retrieved 3 July 2021. Johnson, Andy (27 June 2011). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021 . Retrieved 3 July 2021. My politics are, if nothing else, anti-authoritarian,” he continues. “I would regard that as my starting point for all of my politics. And there’s a fair amount of that in English history.” He is referring, of course, to ‘Rivers,’ a gorgeous folk tune and powerful ode to the beauty of English landscapes. But the most nationalist the record gets? The history nerd in me feels compelled to disagree.