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Frank Turner Breaks Down The 'Collective Problem' With Politics

The message of Turner's new album Be More Kind applies both to the ways we treat the world around us and the way we treat ourselves.
"Stop asking musicians what they think." That is the opening line of the song "1933" on Frank Turner's new album Be More Kind, and a directive I was very happy to ignore when we sat down to talk about his music. Turner is clearly a deep thinker who values discussion and debate as fundamental parts of healthy society, in his words: "How do you have a conversation with someone you disagree with?"

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