An Inside Look at the Turnover and Turnstile Tour
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On April 10th, I saw my two current favorite bands, Turnstile and Turnover. It was my second show in San Diego, and my first time to The Observatory North Park. (Which is a pretty sick venue, by the way.) Highly recommend.
So, here is just a quick recap of the show, and my thoughts on it. This was my most anticipated show of the year, one that I’ve been stoked for since it was announced. It was a sold out show, my first sold out show ever, and a well deserved sell out.
I skipped the first two bands, unfortunately, as I was working, but showed up just in time for Turnstile’s set. And, let me tell you, Turnstile were AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. I never wanted them to stop playing, and was highly disappointed at the length of their performance. It was just way too short for my liking, and they should have played all night long. I was actually waiting for the audience to start yelling one more song, which would be sick to have the band before the headliner get an encore. But, it didn’t happen. Turnstile are definitely the most fun band I have ever seen live. Their energy is just completely unmatched, and anyone who has seen them before knows exactly what I am talking about. Not gonna lie, I was slightly intimidated to attend a Turnstile show, and especially go by myself, but, hearing the instrumentation of their songs live was an unbelievable experience that could not be missed. Daniel Fang was a fucking monster on the drums; I actually couldn’t stop watching him just completely destroy the shit out of the set. The whole band was running around stage full of energy, and personality, dancing, jumping, interacting with the crowd. There wasn’t a second of stillness on the stage. Vocalist, Brenden Yates, was diving into the crowd, joining in on the mosh pit, and passing the mic for fans to belt out the lyrics with him and the band. The crowd was not as rough as I expected, but i think the venue is bigger than what I thought it would be, and playing with Turnover made the show a little more mellow. But their fans still crushed it, and still dominated the pit. They were just the right amount of rough and crazy, and totally earned the title of Turnstile Tribe. The fans are undeniably dedicated, as shoes and hats were flying off in the first two seconds of their set, the whole group was jamming out and belting out the lyrics, and the pit didn’t stop, even for a second. My only complaint is that I couldn’t watch them play all night long. I just wasn’t ready for it to end. I already can’t wait to see them again on their next tour. Hands down one of the best bands in existence.
Since I’ve already seen Turnover, and reviewed them from that past show, I won’t go into them too much here. But, Turnover were also incredible, of course. Every song of theirs was perfectly executed, and the whole venue was swaying in unison to the beauty of their set. The energy was euphoric. Talk about a concert high; it felt so surreal. Austin Getz just has the smoothest, most soothing voice on the planet. Their personalities shone through in their performance, as they got completely lost in their own sound. It was so cool to see them play like nobody was watching them; like they were just at home practicing in the garage or something. They even played a new song for us, as well as, announced new music for the fall, which I’m personally stoked to hear about. The set was a perfect balance of Peripheral Vision and Good Nature, hitting all of their bangers, but let’s be real, they could have played their whole discography and we all would have stayed for the entire show. Their set was a totally different vibe from Turnstile, but somehow you couldn’t plan a better lineup if you tried. All in all, it was an almost perfect show, the only thing that could have made it better was making it last all night.
xx
Maddisen V.