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Glow On is the third studio album by the American hardcore punk band Turnstile. It was released on August 27, 2021, via Roadrunner Records. This album marked the departure of founding guitarist Brady Ebert, who left the band in August 2022.
Brendan Yates, the frontman of Turnstile, is known as the biggest thing in hardcore. He is an entertainer first and understands the importance of making his audience feel alive. In the single “Blackout” from Turnstile’s fourth album, Glow On, Yates screams, “If it makes you feel alive! / Well, then I’m happy to provide!” This line encapsulates the Turnstile experience, which includes chunky power chords, a blindingly bright alt-rock hook, drum machines, and a Latin funk breakdown. The song is also about wanting just one moment in the spotlight before you die.
Turnstile’s genre fusion and their belief in its transformative power are responsible for frequent comparisons to Rage Against the Machine, 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and even Incubus – bands far outside the purview of hardcore. The band’s unique style is rooted in the literal ’90s definition of “alternative rock,” where no style of music is incompatible with punk if it’s played with speed, force, and a genuine respect for its originators. Glow On is not a crossover hardcore album that looks to transcend the genre but one that tries to elevate it to its highest visibility.
The band’s previous album, Time & Space, came close to achieving this goal. It celebrated the fact that a hardcore band could sign to a major label and use their resources to bring in Diplo, Sheer Mag, Will Yip, and a Ms. Lauryn Hill backup singer covering the Gap Band for about 30 seconds. However, genre-hopping is no longer the instantaneous draw it used to be. Time & Space couldn’t introduce the suburbs to Gang of Four, Public Enemy, George Clinton, or dub through rock radio and MTV like RHCP, RATM, and 311 did before them. The guest spots and interludes often played out like distractions or diversions, proof of a band with impressive taste and connections still sorting out what it meant to be Turnstile.
Over the past three years, Yates has spent a lot of time figuring out what it means to be Turnstile. While Time & Space expressed familiar anxieties about social media and self-actualization, the band’s new album, Glow On, touches on the function of art, the pressures of commerce, and the friends they’ve lost along the way, especially Power Trip’s Riley Gale. These solemn concerns enrich and deepen Glow On rather than weighing it down. Even though Yates spends most of his time on stage shirtless and airborne, he brings a heavy heart to lyrics like “Too bright to live/Too bright to die!” and “Still can’t fill the hole you left behind!” as he readies another roundhouse kick.