Undefeated

Background

Turner wrote, recorded and produced Undefeated in his home studio on Mersea Island, backed by his long-time band The Sleeping Souls: Ben Lloyd (guitar), Tarrant Anderson (bass), Callum Green (drums) and Matt Nasir (piano). It is also the first album of his without a big label involved in over a decade. The artist refers to the album as his "first back home with a global independent label setup" and celebrates the freedom of working as an "independent artist".

In a statement, Turner explained that there are "no clichés" about the album, which might be "liberating" to him but at the same time feels like having a "duty to justify writing and releasing" a tenth album. Undefeated was inspired by long-time influences, including Black Flag, Counting Crows, Descendents, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg.

Personnel

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls

Frank Turner – vocals, guitars, production, arrangement

Ben Lloyd – guitar, harmonica, vocals, arrangement

Tarrant Anderson – bass, vocals

Matt Nasir – piano, keyboards, mandolin, string and horn arrangements, vocals, arrangement

Callum Green – drums, percussion, vocals, arrangement

Additional musicians

Pete Fraser – saxophone

Sam Ewens – flugelhorn, French horn, trumpet

George Shilling – cello

Anna Jenkins – violin, viola

Dougie Murphy – backing vocals

Tre Stead – backing vocals

Cahir O'Doherty – backing vocals

Conor Mullan – backing vocals

Johnny Stephenson – backing vocals

Kris Lundberg – backing vocals

Steve Brown – backing vocals

Technical

Frank Arkwright – mastering

Tristan Ivemy – mixing

Samhain Carter-Brazier – mixing

Cecil Bartlett – engineering

Sam Duckworth – piano engineering

Jay Malhotra – piano engineering

Nicolas Müller – backing vocal engineering

Visuals

Dougie Murphy – cover photo

Phil D'Auria – tintype photos

Craigy Lee – tattoo artist

OneThirtyEight Ltd. – layout