One Track Mind - Micro Review: Never Enough by TURNSTILE

I’m not immune to hype though I typically brush it off or blast it to bits. This punk band from Baltimore, MD has had tons of hype and rightly so. After 2021’s GLOW ON, with its hardcore/punk meets indie pop verve, I started paying attention.

With the latest offering NEVER ENOUGH, the hype felt massive.

I saw Tim Robinson with Turnstile merch on only a few days before I saw the band perform I CARE on Fallon. Both events were really cool and only added to the anticipation of hearing more from the hype AF band du jour, TURNSTILE.

The opening track. The title track is NEVER ENOUGH and it is wild.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfk1Su1Q8SI

It is not a cover of the song from The Greatest Showman in case you were wondering. It’s something even more grand. A chillwave synth line rolls in ridden by an airy and echoey 80s flavored vocal by Brendan Yates - one that calls to mind Police-era Sting filtered through some Surfer Blood. Once both synth and vocal dissipates, the drums from Daniel Fang enter, kicking and crashing and find surefooting with the crunch of an Alternative Nation-worthy distorted guitars and bass courtesy of Franz Lyons, Meg Mills and Pat McCrory.

What TURNSTILE manage to do so perfectly on this title track/intro track is marry two distinctly different sounds from two very different decades - the 80s and the 90s. I never could have imagined this level of awesome from an emerging/breaking artist that is actually popular. Good on all of us for still giving new-ish noise a spotlight and good on the Baltimore noisemakers, TURNSTILE for shining bright.