On stage at Coachella earlier this year, Charli XCX declared that it was time for a “different kind of summer” in 2025, following the season-defining success of the pop icon’s latest album ‘Brat’. A video backdrop then listed a number of artists and filmmakers, including Pulp, Bon Iver, and Lorde, along with one outlier in a Baltimore hardcore band. Well, with ‘Never Enough’, Turnstile summer is officially here.
Over the past decade Turnstile have evolved into much more than a hardcore band. Expanding their sound while keeping their roots firmly in place, their ascension to the forefront of alternative music has been a wonder to witness. Championing a genre previously reserved for sweaty basements and punk matinees, the buzz around them previously peaked with the release of 2021’s experimental ‘Glow On’. Album four picks up right where they left off.
Its opening title track dreamily setting the scene, ‘Never Enough’ bursts into life with shimmering synth lines, arena-ready guitar solos and a sky-high chorus.
With gorgeous production — handled throughout the LP by frontman Brendan Yates, Will Yip and AG Cook — it ushers in a shapeshifting slab of heaviness, emotion, and pure kinetic energy.
From the gnarly punk riffs of Birds to the killer hardcore stomp of Sole, the glitchy electronics of Dull and the upbeat new-wave stylings of Seein’ Stars, even the most chaotic of moves are pulled off with precision and cohesion.
Making some calls that on paper seem ludicrous, Turnstile’s power comes in how they bind it all together with big, boisterous pop hooks, the finest of them coming on the wickedly fast-paced Sunshower and the vibrant pit-starter Look Out For Me. The former boasts a lengthy flute solo, while the latter leans deep into the band’s mellower indie-rock influences throughout its six-minute-plus runtime. It’s in moments like these that validate their rise from hardcore heavyweights to superstar status.
The culmination of a 15-year journey centred on stretching sonic limits, it may seem bold to proclaim that ‘Never Enough’ will change the scope of rock music, but it’s perhaps bolder to not think that. Their mission understood, accepted, and executed perfectly, on album four Turnstile repeatedly underline their position as some of modern heavy music’s finest innovators.
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