![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Turnover have expanded their range with Peripheral Vision, and this new direction agrees with them.Album Review: Turnover - ‘Peripheral Vision’ Most of the songs like "Cutting My Fingers Off" and "Like Slow Disappearing" ride a midtempo wave of understated, late-summer melancholic pop, stripping away much of the angst and putting the focus on their improved and far more subtle songcraft. Standout track "Humming" is a melodic, sundazed gem full of rich harmonies and thoughtful, chiming riffs. Working again with producer Will Yip (Title Fight, Circa Survive), Turnover have dialed down the distortion and attitude in favor of a highly textural dream pop/shoegaze-inspired sound. While their 2013 debut album, Magnolia, showed a more brooding, melodic side, there was little to indicate the new direction they would take on their surprising 2015 follow-up, Peripheral Vision. Virginia Beach quartet Turnover originally came out of the pop-punk scene, crafting a heavy, emo-inspired EP in 2011 and signing with Boston indie Run for Cover Records shortly afterward. ![]()
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