In fact, on the opening track, the arena-ready “I Still Believe,” Turner declares, “Who would have thought that after all, something as simple as rock ‘n’ roll could save us all?” And he sings it like he means it.
Turner has always been a missionary for the redemptive power of picking up a guitar, and like his stellar full-length 2009 album “Poetry of the Deed,” “Rock & Roll” seems designed to shake the cobwebs off anyone who ever doubted that three chords could change your life. Not necessarily so much in style, which incorporates folk, punk, roots and balladry as much as it does shout-to-the-rafters rock ’n’ roll.
Leave it to British folk-rock rebel Frank Turner to come in under the wire for 2010 with “Rock & Roll,” a five-song EP that offers 17 of the most compelling minutes of music released this year –– and that, despite its brevity, more than lives up to the promise of its title.
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