TURNSTILE have surprise released a new four-track EP called TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION, which is available today on all streaming platforms. The EP is joined by a companion short film of the same name directed by TURNSTILE vocalist Brendan Yates. TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION made theatrical debuts across the U.S. last week including premieres at Los Angelesโ Brain Dead Studios, Brooklynโs Nitehawk Cinema, Baltimoreโs Charles Theater, and Columbusโ Studio 35 Cinema – watch it above.
Earlier this month, TURNSTILE shared the EPโs lead track โMYSTERYโ which marked the first new music from the Baltimore band since the release of their 2018 breakthrough LP, TIME & SPACE. The FADER named โMYSTERYโ one of the 20 Best Rock Songs Right Now, while Pitchfork added the song to their weekly Pitchfork Selects playlist. Rolling Stone praised the trackโs โno-nonsense barrage of chugging power chords, stadium-sized rock drums, and scorching guitar solos,โ with Stereogum declaring, โIf youโre gonna go big, you might as well go gigantic, and with โMYSTERYโ TURNSTILE sound like theyโre about to be huge.โ
Bringing superhuman energy to the stage, TURNSTILE are scheduled to perform a string of sold-out headline shows this summer, which kick off August 28th at the Garden Amphitheatre in Garden Grove, CA and conclude with a performance on September 2nd at Mohawk Austin in Austin, TX. Later this fall they are set for a series of festival performances, including Dover, Delawareโs Firefly Music Festival (9/23), Louisville, Kentuckyโs Louder Than Life (9/24), Indianola, Iowaโs Knotfest (9/25), followed by appearances next year at Spainโs Primavera Sound on 6/5 and Franceโs Hellfest on 6/23. Full Tour dates can be found HERE.
Always more appeal than demand, more liberation than limitation, TURNSTILE extended their hand in 2018 with TIME & SPACE. Recorded with producer Will Yip, TIME & SPACE marked Turnstileโs Roadrunner Records debut and saw the band exploding the most outsized tropes of hardcore with tremendous heart. The album earned โBest of 2018โ honors from The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Billboard and more, with GQ naming TIME & SPACE one of โThe Best Albums That Shaped the 2010s.โ Continuously looking outward, TIME & SPACE presented the sound of a band operating without boundaries, always growing, always in super-motion.
Reminding us that all music is dance music, TURNSTILE linked up with Australian producer Mall Grab in 2020 to release SHARE A VIEW, a collaborative EP of three reimagined TIME & SPACE tracks โ โGenerator,โ โReal Thing,โ and โI Donโt Wanna Be Blind.โ
Comprised of Brendan Yates (Vocals), Franz Lyons (Bass/Vocals), Brady Ebert (Guitars), Pat McCrory (Guitars), and Daniel Fang (Drums), TURNSTILEโs brand of youth-minded, youth-driven hardcore punk is intent on breaking down barriers, sonically and ideologically.
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