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West Coast vs. Wessex

December 01, 2023

West Coast vs. Wessex is a split album by the American punk rock band NOFX and the British folk punk artist Frank Turner. The split was released on July 31, 2020 by Fat Wreck Chords and it features covers of each other's songs, five by NOFX and five by Frank Turner.

West Coast vs. Wessex
Studio album (split album) by
NOFX and Frank Turner
ReleasedJuly 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
GenrePunk rock, folk punk
Length29:50
LabelFat Wreck Chords
ProducerD-Composers (tracks 1-5)
NOFX chronology
Ribbed: Live in a Dive
(2018) 		West Coast vs. Wessex
(2020) 		Single Album
(2021)
Frank Turner chronology
No Man's Land
(2019) 		West Coast vs. Wessex
(2020) 		FTHC
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim![1]
Maximum Volume Music[2]
Hysteria Magazine[3]
Wall of Sound[4]
Louder Than War[5]
Metal.de[6]
New Noise Magazine[7]
Punknews.org[8]
Kerrang![9]
Brokenheadphones.com(positive)[10]

Release edit

The collaboration and its title, cover art and the track listing was first publicly announced on June 1, 2020. Two songs of the album were made available for digital streaming, namely "Thatcher Fucked the Kids" by NOFX (originally by Frank Turner) and "Bob" by Frank Turner (originally by NOFX). Two accompanying music videos were also released.[11] "Falling in Love" was made available for streaming at the end of the month, on June 29.[12] The entire album was made available for streaming on July 30.[13] West Coast vs. Wessex was officially released by Fat Wreck Chords on July 31.

West Coast vs. Wessex is the final Frank Turner release to feature longtime drummer Nigel Powell.

Background edit

The title of West Coast vs. Wessex respectively refers to the West Coast of the United States, where NOFX is from, and to Wessex, a region in the deep south of England where Frank Turner is from.[14]

Frank Turner and NOFX's front man Fat Mike had already discussed the possibility of recording a split album over the course of previous years, including the approach they would take. On West Coast vs. Wessex both acts aimed to interpret each other's songs differently than they were originally performed. When the two decided to actually record the split album, they also decided not to discuss the collaboration with each other, so Frank Turner wouldn't have any input in NOFX's covers and vice versa.[15] According to Frank Turner:

“[T]here’s no point in doing a straight cover song. You might as well just listen to the original. So with that in mind, we didn’t really discuss the philosophy of this very much till it was just like, “Do you want to do it?” And I think we both understood that we would come at it in a serious way.”[15]

— Frank Turner

About the choice of the songs, Frank Turner noted that he picked the NOFX songs he thought he could play differently, noting that he also picked some lesser-known NOFX songs.

“I wanted to try and pick songs where I felt like me and my band could bring something different to the table. [...] But it did strike me that it would be cool to demonstrate to the casual NOFX fan, who doesn't know who I am, that I am actually a fan. I didn't just go to Spotify and pick the five most-listened-to songs.”[16]

— Frank Turner

Fat Mike admitted taking a similar approach. Fat Mike also noted that since Frank Turner only chose to cover NOFX songs from the '90s, he would also cover some of Frank Turner's earlier work.

“I listened to all his records, and I picked the ones that I thought I could make more interesting. [...] What I did is change a lot of chords. Frank, he beats me in the singing department. So I can't sing better than he can, but I can maybe throw in a melody here or there or chord that he hadn’t thought of.”[16]

— Fat Mike

While "Perfect Government"' is a song mostly associated with NOFX, it was actually written by Mark Curry, a friend of the band who played a crucial role for El Hefe to join NOFX.

Track listing edit

  1. "Substitute" (NOFX) - 2:45
  2. "Worse Things Happen at Sea" (NOFX) - 3:19
  3. "Thatcher Fucked the Kids" (NOFX) - 3:07
  4. "Ballad of Me and My Friends" (NOFX) - 1:50
  5. "Glory Hallelujah" (NOFX) - 3:27
  6. "Scavenger Type" (Frank Turner) - 1:43
  7. "Bob" (Frank Turner) - 3:08
  8. "Eat the Meek" (Frank Turner) - 3:57
  9. "Perfect Government" (Frank Turner) - 2:26
  10. "Falling in Love" (Frank Turner) - 4:08

Personnel edit

Performers edit

NOFX
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Additional performers

Production edit

  • Chris Hesse - mixing (tracks 1–5), mastering
  • Tristan Ivemy - mixing (tracks 6-10)
  • D-Composers - production (tracks 1–5)

References edit

  1. ^ Klemp, Kevin (July 30, 2020). "NOFX and Frank Turner Are a Match Made in Heaven on West Coast vs. Wessex Covers Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Thorley, Andy (August 4, 2020). "Review: NOFX & Frank Turner – West Coast vs. Wessex (2020)". Maximum Volume Music. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Rose, Anna (August 2, 2020). "NOFX & Frank Turner: West Coast Vs. Wessex". Hysteria Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Hurcom, Carys (July 28, 2020). "NOFX & Frank Turner – West Coast vs. Wessex (Album Review)". Wall of Sound. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Beech, Dave (July 24, 2020). "NOFX/Frank Turner: West Coast vs. Wessex – album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Wolfsbrunn, Stefan (August 31, 2020). "NOFX/ Frank Turner - West Coast vs. Wessex". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Moore, John (August 3, 2020). "Album Review: NOFX/Frank Turner – West Coast vs. Wessex". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Trauma, Tom (July 30, 2020). "NOFX / Frank Turner: West Coast vs. Wessex (2020)". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Ruskell, Nick (July 31, 2020). "Album Review: NOFX & Frank Turner – West Coast vs. Wessex". Kerrang!. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  10. ^ McConville, Brian (August 11, 2020). "Album review: NOFX / Frank turner - West Coast vs, Wessex". Brokenheadphones.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Gregory, Allie (June 1, 2020). "NOFX and Frank Turner Cover Each Other's Songs on West Coast vs. Wessex". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  12. ^ LeSuer, Mike (June 29, 2020). "Frank Turner Takes on NOFX's "Falling in Love" for Forthcoming Split LP". FLOOD Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Sacher, Andrew (July 30, 2020). "Stream NOFX and Frank Turner's split album where they cover each other, West Coast Vs. Wessex". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Winwood, Ian (July 7, 2020). "Fat Mike Vs Frank Turner: Punk Rock, Bad House Parties And Margaret Thatcher". Kerrang!. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Pettigrew, Jason (July 16, 2020). "NOFX and Frank Turner want the world to shut up about what's not punk". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "NOFX and Frank Turner to Release Split Covers Album". Bass Magazine. July 20, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

December 01, 2023
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West Coast vs Wessex is a split album by the American punk rock band NOFX and the British folk punk artist Frank Turner The split was released on July 31 2020 by Fat Wreck Chords and it features covers of each other s songs five by NOFX and five by Frank Turner West Coast vs WessexStudio album split album by NOFX and Frank TurnerReleasedJuly 31 2020 2020 07 31 GenrePunk rock folk punkLength29 50LabelFat Wreck ChordsProducerD Composers tracks 1 5 NOFX chronologyRibbed Live in a Dive 2018 West Coast vs Wessex 2020 Single Album 2021 Frank Turner chronologyNo Man s Land 2019 West Coast vs Wessex 2020 FTHC 2022 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingExclaim 1 Maximum Volume Music 2 Hysteria Magazine 3 Wall of Sound 4 Louder Than War 5 Metal de 6 New Noise Magazine 7 Punknews org 8 Kerrang 9 Brokenheadphones com positive 10 Contents 1 Release 2 Background 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4 1 Performers 4 2 Production 5 ReferencesRelease editThe collaboration and its title cover art and the track listing was first publicly announced on June 1 2020 Two songs of the album were made available for digital streaming namely Thatcher Fucked the Kids by NOFX originally by Frank Turner and Bob by Frank Turner originally by NOFX Two accompanying music videos were also released 11 Falling in Love was made available for streaming at the end of the month on June 29 12 The entire album was made available for streaming on July 30 13 West Coast vs Wessex was officially released by Fat Wreck Chords on July 31 West Coast vs Wessex is the final Frank Turner release to feature longtime drummer Nigel Powell Background editThe title of West Coast vs Wessex respectively refers to the West Coast of the United States where NOFX is from and to Wessex a region in the deep south of England where Frank Turner is from 14 Frank Turner and NOFX s front man Fat Mike had already discussed the possibility of recording a split album over the course of previous years including the approach they would take On West Coast vs Wessex both acts aimed to interpret each other s songs differently than they were originally performed When the two decided to actually record the split album they also decided not to discuss the collaboration with each other so Frank Turner wouldn t have any input in NOFX s covers and vice versa 15 According to Frank Turner T here s no point in doing a straight cover song You might as well just listen to the original So with that in mind we didn t really discuss the philosophy of this very much till it was just like Do you want to do it And I think we both understood that we would come at it in a serious way 15 Frank Turner About the choice of the songs Frank Turner noted that he picked the NOFX songs he thought he could play differently noting that he also picked some lesser known NOFX songs I wanted to try and pick songs where I felt like me and my band could bring something different to the table But it did strike me that it would be cool to demonstrate to the casual NOFX fan who doesn t know who I am that I am actually a fan I didn t just go to Spotify and pick the five most listened to songs 16 Frank Turner Fat Mike admitted taking a similar approach Fat Mike also noted that since Frank Turner only chose to cover NOFX songs from the 90s he would also cover some of Frank Turner s earlier work I listened to all his records and I picked the ones that I thought I could make more interesting What I did is change a lot of chords Frank he beats me in the singing department So I can t sing better than he can but I can maybe throw in a melody here or there or chord that he hadn t thought of 16 Fat Mike While Perfect Government is a song mostly associated with NOFX it was actually written by Mark Curry a friend of the band who played a crucial role for El Hefe to join NOFX Track listing edit Substitute NOFX 2 45 Worse Things Happen at Sea NOFX 3 19 Thatcher Fucked the Kids NOFX 3 07 Ballad of Me and My Friends NOFX 1 50 Glory Hallelujah NOFX 3 27 Scavenger Type Frank Turner 1 43 Bob Frank Turner 3 08 Eat the Meek Frank Turner 3 57 Perfect Government Frank Turner 2 26 Falling in Love Frank Turner 4 08Personnel editPerformers edit NOFXFat Mike vocals bass El Hefe guitar vocals Eric Melvin guitar vocals Erik Sandin drumsFrank Turner amp The Sleeping SoulsFrank Turner vocals guitar Ben Lloyd guitar vocals Tarrant Anderson bass Matt Nasir piano keyboards vocals Nigel Powell drums percussion vocalsAdditional performersTim Brennan accordion track 10 Production edit Chris Hesse mixing tracks 1 5 mastering Tristan Ivemy mixing tracks 6 10 D Composers production tracks 1 5 References edit Klemp Kevin July 30 2020 NOFX and Frank Turner Are a Match Made in Heaven on West Coast vs Wessex Covers Album Exclaim Retrieved December 29 2020 Thorley Andy August 4 2020 Review NOFX amp Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex 2020 Maximum Volume Music Retrieved December 29 2020 Rose Anna August 2 2020 NOFX amp Frank Turner West Coast Vs Wessex Hysteria Magazine Retrieved December 29 2020 Hurcom Carys July 28 2020 NOFX amp Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex Album Review Wall of Sound Retrieved December 29 2020 Beech Dave July 24 2020 NOFX Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex album review Louder Than War Retrieved December 29 2020 Wolfsbrunn Stefan August 31 2020 NOFX Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex Metal de in German Retrieved December 29 2020 Moore John August 3 2020 Album Review NOFX Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex New Noise Magazine Retrieved December 29 2020 Trauma Tom July 30 2020 NOFX Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex 2020 Punknews org Retrieved December 29 2020 Ruskell Nick July 31 2020 Album Review NOFX amp Frank Turner West Coast vs Wessex Kerrang Retrieved December 29 2020 McConville Brian August 11 2020 Album review NOFX Frank turner West Coast vs Wessex Brokenheadphones com Retrieved December 29 2020 Gregory Allie June 1 2020 NOFX and Frank Turner Cover Each Other s Songs on West Coast vs Wessex Exclaim Retrieved December 28 2020 LeSuer Mike June 29 2020 Frank Turner Takes on NOFX s Falling in Love for Forthcoming Split LP FLOOD Magazine Retrieved December 29 2020 Sacher Andrew July 30 2020 Stream NOFX and Frank Turner s split album where they cover each other West Coast Vs Wessex BrooklynVegan Retrieved December 29 2020 Winwood Ian July 7 2020 Fat Mike Vs Frank Turner Punk Rock Bad House Parties And Margaret Thatcher Kerrang Retrieved December 29 2020 a b Pettigrew Jason July 16 2020 NOFX and Frank Turner want the world to shut up about what s not punk Alternative Press Retrieved December 29 2020 a b NOFX and Frank Turner to Release Split Covers Album Bass Magazine July 20 2020 Retrieved December 29 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Coast vs Wessex amp oldid 1177383960, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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