This was conveniently followed by ‘Tattoos’ as well as ‘Fathers Day’ and then onto fan favourites like ‘The Way I Tend To Be’ and ‘I Am Disappeared’. This song is in my opinion one of the greatest songs ever written and the fact I know two people with the lyrics tattooed on them, shows how beautiful the words are. He then went on to please the crowd with ‘Try this at Home’, ‘Losing Days’, new song ‘Get Better’, and my favourite song of all time – ‘I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous’. Even though he admitted himself that the majority of the set list was improvised, you wouldn’t be able to tell, Frank could play anything from his catalogue and a group of fans as devoted as this would be able to recite all the lyrics backwards.
#Esme patterson come see me lyrics full
His opener was the classic ‘If I Ever Stray’, a perfect start for a night full of singalongs lead by the best choir master in Hampshire. An absence of his Sleeping Souls was notable but if anything it made the gig even more intimate and special for those who managed to get themselves in.
As is standard with one of his shows, he introduced himself and announced what number show this was (number 1,631). Now onto Frank who took to the stage to a barrage of applause, cheers, and chants as the excitement in the room reached its peak. They are already very capable of performing a captivating headline show and I can’t wait to sing their sea shanty with them again when they return to Manchester. However, this was not necessary their incredibly catchy songs were enough to get a party started in a sobriety meeting and they played with the enthusiasm of a headline band, something which I think all bands should do. The final support act were Skinny Lister, a six piece London folk band who won the crowd over by passing around a barrel of beer. This was her first show in the UK and it’s the start of something very exciting. I think she is really onto something with this concept as she delivered each song with enough passion to embody the person whom the song was about. Next up was the brilliantly unique Esme Patterson who had a set completely comprised of songs from the perspective of female icons, Billie Jean and Jolean to name but a few. As well as Frank, there were three support acts, the first of which was Oxygen Thief, a folk-punk solo act who took to the stage and started the night as we meant to go on with folk songs that will stay in your head for weeks. Night and Day Cafe was packed to the walls with one hundred and fifty of his most loyal fans, all well aware of how lucky they were to be in that room. The fact that Frank Turner takes time out of his very busy schedule, after a year of playing arena shows and festival headline sets, to play an extremely intimate show to an one hundred and fifty person crowd in aid of Independent Venue Week show’s what a true hero he is.
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