With a record like ‘GLOW ON’, Turnstile are making their own rules now. Long may it continue.
Staggering third album GLOW ON changes the game once again. Upping the experimentation and layering on unprecedented emotional textures, its mixtape-alike 35-minute sprawl is more intricate, engaging and ambitious while feeling simultaneously even further laid back.
Glow On’s erratic genre-jumping nature might be a struggle, especially with only one track surpassing the 3-minute mark, and barely any gaps for breath, but Turnstile weave it all together in such a tight and cohesive gut-punch.
The five-piece swim in the deep ends of their curiosity, both existentially and musically, making an unforgettable magnum opus.
Both vital and respective of the listener's time at just under 35 minutes, Glow On rolls in like a violent, late-summer storm and pummels the power grid but mercifully leaves the lights on.
GLOW ON isn’t just one of the best hardcore albums of the year; it’s one of the best albums of the year in general.
The Baltimore band’s spectacular fourth record is all groove, riffs, and passion. It is not a crossover hardcore album that looks to transcend the genre, but one that tries to elevate it to its highest visibility.
Glow On establishes Turnstile as a post-hardcore behemoth with a pop edge and an adept ear for melody; it impresses most when they become lost in their carefully crafted gossamer dreamscapes and dance-pop tendencies.
Turnstile's hardcore sound undergoes some dreamy renovations on Glow On.
GLOW ON is an album that is intriguing, unpredictable, heavy, groovy, ambient and loud all at the same time, and serves as Turnstile's crucial next step forward.
I’ve always said that these guys remind me of peak The Offspring <smashing forward with 90s skate punk riffs that will make you want to drive fast windows down and throw your cheeseburger out the window directly into oncoming traffic faster than you can say Michael Douglas on your short lockdown commute>
Yes Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit are back but you should be listening to Turnstile!
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Glow On has a great combination of traditional hardcore and mordern pop influences while also experimenting with exciting drum grooves throughout the album.
This album blew my mind. "Mystery," "Holiday," and "Fly Again" are some of the most punch-something-just-because-worthy songs I've heard in a very long time.
1 | MYSTERY 2:35 | 83 |
2 | BLACKOUT 2:53 | 86 |
3 | DON'T PLAY 2:13 | 82 |
4 | UNDERWATER BOI 3:04 | 82 |
5 | HOLIDAY 2:52 | 86 |
6 | HUMANOID / SHAKE IT UP 1:09 | 75 |
7 | ENDLESS 1:58 | 76 |
8 | FLY AGAIN 2:31 | 81 |
9 | ALIEN LOVE CALL 2:56 with Blood Orange | 75 |
10 | WILD WRLD 2:54 | 80 |
11 | DANCE-OFF 2:09 | 79 |
12 | NEW HEART DESIGN 2:27 | 81 |
13 | T.L.C. (TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION) 1:42 | 78 |
14 | NO SURPRISE 0:45 | 68 |
15 | LONELY DEZIRES 2:43 with Blood Orange | 74 |
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