A New Punk Folk Concept Album: ‘Keats Euphoria’ (2024) by Tom Anderson

Artwork used with permission ©Cynthia White

The Romantics continue to inspire contemporary artistic productions. Music lovers—including those who have enjoyed composer Gregg Kallor‘s Frankenstein opera last fall—may appreciate a new work in a completely different genre. Recently, a folk punk concept album inspired by John Keats’s life and work has been released by Tom Anderson, a punk folk singer-songwriter and fiction writer from Boston. The full genesis of the album can be read on the British Association of British Romanticism (BARS) blog—”Keats Euphoria: Punk Folk Album Inspired by Keats’s Life and Poems”—here. The track list, filled with Keatsian motifs, draws on and imagines literary history and connections alike:

1. Here Lies One Whose Name Was Writ In Water

2. Eve Of St. Agnes

3. New Lamia

4. Sweet Unrest

5. Slow Time

6. Isabella And The Pot Of Basil

7. Mary Shelley

8. Love Begone

9. No Mercy

10. Tender Night

11. A Little More

Have a listen here:

You can listen to the rest of the album here and find out more about Tom on his website, Instagram and Youtube.