About to tour our shores with the NFTU-befriended Frank Turner are Fake Problems – boat shoed, wax haired and alarmingly danceable. Starting off as just singer Chris Farren alone in the punk rock shaping tate of Florida, Fake Problems released records on Against Me!/Gaslight Anthem grass-rooted Sabot Productions. Having grown in both sound and size, Farren’s silent charm and neat wit marriage hasn’t yet seen the rocks.

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Since signing to Side One Dummy, Fake Problems released April’s ‘It’s Great To Be Alive’. Taking a step up from the previous ‘How Far Our Bodies Go’, 11 tracks of vacantly captained Southern melodies are briskly delivered in unscathed brilliance. With more than just a nod to the modelled Clash, it’s the 2009 album which sits up with a stiff spine.

Trouser-pressed indie punk (as opposed to Jamie T charity shop indie punk), Farren and his troops hammer it out military style: clean, brisk and sharp. Sir.
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So here’s your invitation complete with FREE exclusive MP3 to come to one of the October shows with FT and have a valid excuse to dance like a twat. Dates can be found here.

Right-click and Save-As to download Fake Problems' 'Heartless' here

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