Need some quick shots of adrenaline?
Listen to the first riff of this album and you'll be able to tell if you're hooked or not.
Turnstile's newest Roadrunner distributed album Time & Space embellishes the band's previous quick punk hits and hardcore melodies with influence from unexpected genres.
There are moments like Bomb, an R&B-influenced interlude, and Right To Be, which offers production from Diplo, that keeps the album moving at a constant, head-rattling pace.
The result is an album that, although at parts unfocused, leaves you wanting more. Their songs jam and move so smoothly without getting stale thanks to the average runtime of 2-3 minutes per song with a total of 25 minutes for the album.
Time & Space also isn't afraid of giving listeners moments of respite with jazzy, relaxing moments and then immediately returning to another in-your-face hardcore riff. The intro song Real Thing has a jazzy outro, for example, and returns to the norm with Big Smile.
The next song, Generator, stars as one of the best songs off the album. It hits hard and has an unmatched flow with a buildup that only gets better. The song seems to end abruptly and lead into another low-key outro, but it picks up suddenly again with the actual "generator" lyrics. This ending bit is almost a completely different song but it picks it up to another level. Truthfully, I wish the end of Generator could be its own song, guitar solo and all.
The way the next R&B-inspired track Bomb leads into I Don't Wanna Be Blind is great. It's simple, but you can really groove to Bomb for its 25-second length until the heavy riff comes into play. It seems like it shouldn't work but it totally does.
High Pressure lives up to its name for its unrelenting speed and tense, constant key tapping. It plays out similarly to Generator in that the second half of the song is almost completely different, although the execution here is more questionable.
Can't Get Away and Come Back For More/H.O.Y. also come in as album highlights, being some of the longer songs at about 3 minutes. They continue the theme of multiple part songs, but here it works and it works great.
Time & Space closes out with two more great pieces in the energetic Right to Be and Time + Space with the interlude Disco sitting in between. Going against its name, Disco is another extremely laid back moment that's more than welcome.
All in all, Turnstile has produced a hardcore punk album that shows that the band has further potential. Their modern and toned-down flares are a nicely placed addition in between the chaos that makes up the rest of Time & Space.
You can buy Turnstile's Time & Space on Amazon here.
‘Love, Simon’ soundtrack: A perfect blend of nostalgia and progression
There has been a critical error on your website.<\/p>
Learn more about debugging in WordPress.<\/a><\/p>","data":{"status":500},"additional_errors":[]}