AS this English folk/punk songwriter walks on stage, you can tell immediately he feels at home with his audience.

This ease is something most likely related to the sheer number of gigs he’s done since his former band, Million Dead Days, came to a close.

Turner has a wonderful voice and produces well-crafted, thoughtful songs that do justice to his very distinctive, soft but almost raspy, vocals. His songs are incredibly diverse, his lyrics sometimes rather poetic and well-written.

Lyrically, he varies from heartache and anger to joy and happiness and they are all frighteningly relevant.

Turner plays a lot of tracks from his third studio album, Poetry Of The Deed, which is powerfully candid and charismatic, and his hardcore roots shine through with fiery passion as he embarks on a lyrical journey of life experiences with great honesty, authenticity and maturity.

Rousing punk anthem The Road made the audience go wild and fans were singing back every word. He also plays songs from the older albums, including The Ballad Of Me And My Friends, Back In The Day and Photosynthesis.

Sophie Stratford