After taking part in a handful of guerrilla-style pop-up exhibits in anticipation of their new studio album, NEVER ENOUGH, Turnstile flipped Brooklyn’s “Below the Ok Bridge Park” underpass into an adrenaline-fueled collision of sound and our bodies as they ripped by way of a 24-song set on Thursday night time (June fifth).
The outside present opened with dreamy lead single “NEVER ENOUGH,” as followers shouted lyrics into the air whereas the band took their positions on stage. When the primary riffs broke out, a retro-toned rainbow flag dropped behind the band, sending the group surging in each route and a few followers spilling over the barricade. Lead singer Brendan Yates floated concerning the stage with what can solely be described as a mixture of jumpstyle and hardstyle dance strikes, thrusting the mic stand into the air and leaping sporadically to the rhythm.
With their new album solely hours away from dropping, the band performed a mixture of songs off of earlier LPs and brand-new tracks from NEVER ENOUGH. Whereas some have seen Turnstile’s divergence right into a extra melodic area as an abandonment of the hardcore ideas they stood upon for a majority of their profession, the power within the area proved that hardcore is alive and effectively of their neighborhood.
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Older, heavier singles like “Maintain It Shifting” garnered the identical response from the group as newer, softer singles like “I CARE”. Even with a barricade and safety to maintain the room from getting too wild, I caught a handful of stage divers making their approach onto the stage and again into the group (one man by way of a entrance flip). And from a better vantage level, you may see the group flare and fade to every track as mosh pits fashioned all through the venue.
The spotlight of the set got here throughout “SEEIN’ STARS.” The lights dimmed to a lightweight blue and Yates started to sing the opening verse. A couple of minute in, Yates abruptly exclaimed “HAYLEY!” and Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams strutted onstage to sing the track. Williams has been a very long time supporter of Turnstile, even showing on the studio model of “SEEIN’ STARS,” so it was an extremely particular second on the precipice of NEVER ENOUGH’s launch.
With the power at a boiling level, the band ended the night with the brand new hardcore anthem “BIRDS,” and the place exploded with one final wave of energetic moshing. Whereas Turnstile proceed to maneuver right into a gentler sonic panorama, their potential to mesh hardcore ethos with calmer sounds has pushed them into an area that finds them drawing mainstream-sized crowds with out dropping their grassroots power.
See a photograph gallery, fan-filmed video footage, and the setlist from Turnstile’s Brooklyn present under. Catch Turnstile on a UK/European tour of headlining dates and festivals all through June, in addition to North American pageant appearances at Ottawa Blues Fest in July, and the Aftershock (Sacramento) and III Factors (Miami) festivals in October.
Setlist:
NEVER ENOUGH
T.L.C. (TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION)
ENDLESS
Come Again for Extra / Fazed Out
7
Maintain It Shifting
Pushing Me Away
FLY AGAIN
I CARE
DULL
DON’T PLAY
Actual Factor
Huge Smile
Drop
Interlude
UNDERWATER BOI
HOLIDAY
ALIEN LOVE CALL
LOOK OUT FOR ME (reside debut)
Encore:
MYSTERY
BLACKOUT
SEEIN’ STARS(with Hayley Williams)
BIRDS
