The last couple of years have been a little rough for this blog. I've been doing this for 19 years, with over 2,500 posts... and while I don't want to say that I was burned out on keeping up with this thing, I have been struggling to set aside the time for it and post counts have dipped considerably. Not counting December, with a bunch of panicked posts to try and catch up on new releases before the year's end, I haven't hit a double digit post month since July of 2023. We have been limping along for two years. Fuck.
Depending on who you talk to, Turnstile is either the most loved band in hardcore... or the most hated. The band have changed their sound since their early 7 inches, but to me it has never felt forced or for the purpose of seeking a larger audience... and it has seemed to be a natural growth that has seen their popularity soar. Sure, I prefer their first few records, but I still really dig what they are doing now... so preordering their new record, Never Enough, was an easy choice.
Never Enough is an extension of what Turnstile delivered with Glow On (how was that four years ago?), and the band continues to grow and diversify their sound. The new record doesn't quite measure up to their last one for me, but it is still a good time... it just spends a bit too much time floating around, but I still enjoy it.
That said, I've been excited about collecting shit again recently and it feels really good to get 13 posts up here this month. Plus, as of right now, I have 42 more posts in the queue to write up... so hopefully this is the start of a productive few months.
Once again Turnstile release an album with a boring cover (got to stay consistent with Glow On, I guess), but thankfully once you slide the gatefold sleeve out of the slipcover, it all looks so good. I went with the blue "jet ski" colored vinyl, hoping that it would work best with the cover and I think it looks good.
4 comments:
'it just spends a bit too much time floating around' is a really good way of putting it. i feel that the good songs are over too quickly and the slower instrumental moments go on for too long.
I was sceptical of the new record initially, but it‘s really grown on me. There are some banger songs on this album, and I think the slower instrumental moments, as Marcus put it, give the listener time to breath and let everything sink in. I might like this one more than Glow On as of now. I listened to their discography in reverser oder recently and that was very interesting.
Forgot to log in before writing the previous post.
haha... I assumed it was you based on your post for the record.
Oooh, a reverse order listen would be very interesting!
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