Frankie McLaughlin — the brilliant ex-Rumjack bootboy behind Liptons Orphan — has released a stark new single on Bandcamp. Pain Management, out September 18, started life as a personal scrap Frankie kept in the drawer. Friends pushed him to let it into the light, and he timed the first socials blast around World Suicide Prevention Day 2026.
It’s one-man Celtic folk-punk the Liptons Orphan way: gravel voice, Scots cadence, and a lyric that walks the river, the bridge, the woods, the kirk, and the boozer looking for somewhere to set a nameless weight down. No big-label fanfare — just Frankie putting a hard song where someone who needs it might find it.
