Peripheral Visionis no exception to this evolution in soundscape. This album was different from their previous releases because, in a similar fashion to many of their label mates on Run For Cover Records, the generic pop-punk sound has been put by the wayside in place of emo-fueled alternative rock. This particular sound slowly dissolved and matured upon the release of their debut full length album, Magnolia. This musical arrangement resulted in the band being compared to pop-punk acts like The Story So Far and Such Gold. Their 2011 debut self-titled 7″ saw fast and punchy guitar riffs paired with emotional lyrics of heartache, loss and angst. Turnover’s Peripheral Vision is available now on Run for Cover Records.Following their formation in 2009, Turnover are a quartet who have considerably evolved their musical sound – spanning across two full length albums and a handful of 7″s. Getz similarly attempts to disconnect himself from unpleasant memories by severing his limbs on “Cutting My Fingers Off,” slicing his brain into spheres on ”Take My Head,” or being a straight-up callous stone wall who wishes he never even met the ex on “I Wish I Could Hate You If I Could.” Even though it’s all placed in hindsight on Peripheral Vision, you get the feeling that Turnover will always remember every cut, scrape, bruise, or impending quarter-life crisises they’ve endured during their youth if they’re looking for reasons to make leaps as big as this one. Austin Getz achieves a higher degree of emotive wistfulness with splashes of hyperbole that bare resemblance to the melodramatic masochism of Chris Conley’s Saves the Day prime where every heart was on the floor being stepped on, or he was drinking the blood pouring form a lover’s throat. It’s not telling from the surface this time around, but there’s lingering remnants of Turnover’s pop-punk past if you pay careful attention to the words in the whirlpool. “Dizzy On the Comedown” and “Diazepam” play off like lofty post-rock epics that were pulverized into dreamy Manchester pop singles, and even when textures get bleary ( “New Scream,” ”Humming,”) they sound sonically awash to emboss the LP’s reflectory theme rather than cover up imperfections. Peripheral Vision may be “pretty“and lush, but it’s with astounding clarity from Will Yip behind the boards softening the overall intensity of an otherwise guitar-driven album. Unlike their Mid-Atlantic state peers Title Fight and Balance and Composure, Turnover don’t deliberately get lost in swollen, gauzy production while swimming into the deep end of thought. Turnover isn’t even that kind of pop-punk band on Peripheral Vision, however, as they’ve outgrown that pond, and take a long leap into a flickering sea filled with flashbacks, uneasy curiosity, and longing that feels very coming of age for a group of 20-somethings even when their ideas are being pulled from more mature influences.īe forewarned against jumping to hasty conclusions that this may be yet another young punk band merging themselves onto the shoegaze and ‘90s alternative highway to flaunt their newly spread wings either. It had more in common with the way that their region’s less celebrated veteran heroes Lifetime, the Movielife, Jawbreaker and Saves the Day made pop-punk sound lyrically smart, tightly melodic, and generally upbeat even in its darkest contexts. The Virginia Beach band’s 2013 album Magnolia was by no means some dumbed down pop-punk affair squealing alongside arena stars like blink-182 or Fall Out Boy lowest common denominator formula. If you are Turnover, it’s an audibly visible mile marker in your band history that has to be acknowledged before diving into talking about their sophomore follow-up Peripheral Vision. If you’re lucky, those days will merely become warmly nostalgic memories you bring up in a round table discussion with old friends when someone mentions Saves the Day are playing a show nearby. If you’re just starting out as a band, four chord hooks make for easily written songs, the spirit of teenage angst breeds infectious energy, and songs about being naïve and in love are a tried and true cathartic formula for teenagers trying to make sense out of their lives. The reason why pop-punk resonates with young musicians isn’t so difficult to figure out either. Even as a listener, you don’t just turn 18 and decide to throw on the Cure’s Disintegration without a solid foundation and some growing pains along the way to get there, unless your parents were those overbearing hipster types who showed more concern about shaping your image in their likeness than allowing you to become who you want to by your own direction. It’s probably safe to assume that many musicians in the world of indie rock have pop-punk pasts whether they would like to admit it or not. Album Review: Turnover - ‘Peripheral Vision’
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