Frank Turner on losing Scott Hutchison and finding “acceptance” on his new album
nme.comFrank Turner has opened up about how losing Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison and the theme of “acceptance” shaped his new album ‘FTHC’.Hutchison, who died by suicide in 2018, was recently immortalised by his friend Turner on the single ‘A Wave Across The Bay‘ from his ninth album ‘FTHC’ – released last week (Friday February 11).
The song addresses Turner’s relationship with the late singer, as well as coming to terms with Hutchison’s final days and his decision to take his own life.“I try to write in an unforced way, and that was an extreme example of that,” Turner told NME. “I had a very powerful lucid dream one night and it featured Scott showing me some chords and some words.
I wrote them down and the next day I had three quarters of the song. I’m aware that that’s fucked, but this is what happened.“The arrangement decisions on the song – the production and everything – are all consciously a tribute to the music of Frightened Rabbit.
It’s epic, slightly post-indie or whatever you want to call it, but there’s an enormous to it and a smallness to it that balances in a beautiful way.
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