Glow On
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Glow On
| type = studio
| artist = Turnstile
| cover = Glow On (Turnstile).png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2021|8|27}}
| recorded = July–August 2020
| venue =
| studio = Phantom Studios (Gallatin, Tennessee)
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=51}}
| label = Roadrunner
| producer = Mike Elizondo
| prev_title = Time & Space
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Never Enough
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Glow On
| type = studio
| single1 = Mystery
| single1date = May 26, 2021
| single2 = Alien Love Call
| single2date = July 14, 2021
| single3 = Blackout
| single3date = July 28, 2021
| single4 = Fly Again
| single4date = August 11, 2021
| single5 = Holiday
| single5date = 2022
}}
}}
Glow On (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by the American hardcore punk band Turnstile, released on August 27, 2021, via Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last album to feature founding guitarist Brady Ebert, who departed from the band in August 2022.{{Cite web |title=Turnstile Part Ways With Founding Guitarist Brady Ebert |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/turnstile-part-ways-with-founding-guitarist-brady-ebert/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=pitchfork.com}}
The album was recorded in summer 2020{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Ready Or Not, Turnstile Is Breaking Through |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9620517/turnstile-new-album-glow-on-interview/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} at Phantom Studios in Gallatin, Tennessee.{{Cite web |last=Almeida |first=Rachel Grace |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Turnstile: Shine on |url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/profiles/turnstile-interview/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Crack Magazine}} It was recorded by American producer Mike Elizondo, and marks as the band's first release to include a featured artist with a guest appearance from British singer/songwriter and producer Blood Orange.
Glow On was preceded by the band's fifth EP, Turnstile Love Connection,{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Jason |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Turnstile Surprise-Release New 'Turnstile Love Connection' EP |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/turnstile/turnstile-release-new-turnstile-love-connection-ep/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Paste}} released June 27, 2021, which previewed four songs (including lead single, "Mystery") from the album set to an accompanying short film directed by frontman and lead vocalist, Yates. The follow-up singles, "Alien Love Call" featuring Blood Orange,{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=July 14, 2021 |title=Turnstile Announce New Album, Drop 'Alien Love Call' Featuring Blood Orange |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/turnstile-alien-love-call-blood-orange-new-album-glow-on-1197088/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} "Blackout"{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=July 29, 2021 |title=Listen to Turnstile's ferocious new single 'Blackout' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/turnstile-new-single-blackout-listen-3006560 |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=NME}} and "Fly Again"{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=August 11, 2021 |title=Turnstile – 'Fly Again' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2156903/turnstile-fly-again/music/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Stereogum}} were released July and August 2021 respectively.
Glow On sold 15,600 album-equivalent units in its first week to debut at number 30 on the US Billboard 200,{{Cite web |title=TURNSTILE Album 'Glow On' Debuts in Top 30 on Billboard 200 Chart {{!}} Comments |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/34689/turnstile-album-glow-on-debuts-in-top-30-on-billboard-200-chart/comments/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=lambgoat.com |language=en}} becoming the band's first album to chart there, and was praised by music critics, and named the best album of 2021 by Spin and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tracks "Holiday" and "Blackout" earned nominations at the 65th Grammy Awards.
Composition
Glow On has been praised for making hardcore "genre-fluid" and showing "just how innovative [the genre] could become". PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart credited the album as being forefront in a wave of 2020s hardcore bands that built upon the 1990s alternative metal-meets-New York-style hardcore style of Snapcase or Crown of Thornz, but additionally incorporated experimental influences such as pop and funk music.{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Ethan |title=MELODIC HARDCORE’S STUNNING MID-2020S RESURGENCE |url=https://www.popmatters.com/melodic-hardcore-mid-2020s-resurgence |website=PopMatters |access-date=19 February 2025}} Metal Hammer credited the album as expanding 1990s melodic hardcore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/turnstiles-glow-on-melodic-hardcore-punk-expansionists-most-eclectic-statement-yet|author=Remfry Dedman|date=August 24, 2021|title=Turnstile's Glow On: melodic hardcore punk expansionists' most eclectic statement yet|work=Metal Hammer|access-date=August 29, 2021}} To balance out the hardcore sounds, they also dig into "melodic" alt-rock songs. Alternative pop, grunge, indie rock, post-punk, psychedelia, rap rock, R&B, shoegazing and soul sounds also appear throughout.{{Cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/turnstile-glow-on|author=Max Morin|date=August 26, 2021|title=Album Review: Turnstile Glow On|work=Metal Injection|access-date=August 29, 2021}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.kerrang.com/glow-with-the-flow-how-turnstile-shut-out-the-noise-to-stay-true-to-themselves|author=Sam Law|date=July 14, 2021|title= Glow With The Flow: How Turnstile shut out the noise to stay true to themselves|work=Kerrang!|access-date=December 10, 2021}} Chris Richards of The Washington Post noted that the album's sound could be compared to that of Jane's Addiction.{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Chris |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Best music of 2021: Playboi Carti, Grouper, Turnstile, Yasmin Williams and more |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/best-music-albums-2021/2021/12/07/dd7dca2c-4c78-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html |url-status=live |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207221943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/best-music-albums-2021/2021/12/07/dd7dca2c-4c78-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |access-date=December 7, 2021}}
Glow On is also noted for its "cleanly-produced" takes on pop music. A "newly-polished" dream pop style shows as well, yielding a sound for the album that is cast in "overt hues of pink".{{Cite web|url= https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-turnstile-glow-on/|author=Kyle Kohner|date=July 14, 2021|title=Album Review: Turnstile - GLOW ON|work=Beats Per Minute|access-date=December 10, 2021}}
"Don't Play" mixes samba into punk rock while "No Surprise" is "hazy" emo pop. With its drums, cowbells and layered handclaps, "Dance-Off" journeys into "heavy" funk.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 92/100{{Cite web |title=Glow On by Turnstile Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/glow-on/turnstile |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Metacritic}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = Clash
| rev2score = 10/10{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Laviea |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Turnstile - Glow On |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/turnstile-glow-on |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Clash}}
| rev3 = Consequence
| rev3score = A+{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Turnstile Gloriously Defy Genre Conventions on Glow On: Review |url=https://consequence.net/2021/08/turnstile-glow-on-album-review/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Consequence}}
| rev4 = DIY
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Jamieson |first=Sarah |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Turnstile - Glow On |url=https://diymag.com/2021/08/26/turnstile-glow-on-album-review |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=DIY}}
| rev5 = Exclaim!
| rev5score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Dika |first=Paul |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Turnstile's 'Glow On' Makes Hardcore Genre-Fluid |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/turnstile_glow_on_album_review |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Exclaim!}}
| rev6 = Kerrang!
| rev6score = 5/5{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Sam |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Album review: Turnstile – Glow On |url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-turnstile-glow-on/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Kerrang!}}
| rev7 = The Line of Best Fit
| rev7score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Ferris |first=Robin |date=August 24, 2021 |title=Turnstile deepen their uncompromising punk vision on Glow On |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/turnstile-glow-on-album-review |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=The Line of Best Fit}}
| rev8 = NME
| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Turnstile – 'Glow On' review: the sound of rock music stretched to its thrilling limits |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/reviews/album/turnstile-glow-on-review-3029119 |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=NME}}
| rev9 = Paste
| rev9score = 8.4/10{{Cite web |last=Sharples |first=Grant |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Glow On Is Turnstile's Most Fully Realized Work Yet |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/turnstile/turnstile-glow-on-album-review/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Paste}}
| rev10 = Pitchfork
| rev10score = 8.4/10{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Turnstile: Glow On Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/turnstile-glow-on/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Pitchfork}}
}}
Glow On received praise from music critics. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 92 out of 100, based on thirteen reviews.
Laviea Thomas for Clash called it "a riveting return" for the quintet. Australian Guitar Magazine called the album "a true masterclass in the art of heavy music", with writer Matt Doria adding, "the sheer depth and dynamism of its musicality cannot be understated, nor Turnstile’s passion in sculpting it".{{Cite web|last=mattdoria|date=2021-08-22|title=CD Review: Turnstile – Glow On|url=https://mattdoria.com/2021/08/23/cd-review-turnstile-glow-on/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Matt Doria|language=en|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829011053/https://mattdoria.com/2021/08/23/cd-review-turnstile-glow-on/|url-status=dead}} Paste referred to its appeal, writing, "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." Reviewing the album for AllMusic, James Christopher Monger described it as both "vital and respective" and claimed it to be "a violent, late-summer storm" that "pummels the power grid but mercifully leaves the lights on".{{Cite web|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|date=2021-08-27|title=Glow On - Turnstile|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/glow-on-mw0003559862?1631808328749|access-date=2021-09-16|website=AllMusic}}
Accolades
=Year-end lists=
{{Dynamic list}}
A "—" denotes the publication's list is in no particular order, and Glow On did not rank numerically.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Turnstile, except where noted
| title1 = Mystery
| length1 = 2:35
| title2 = Blackout
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = Don't Play
| length3 = 2:13
| title4 = Underwater Boi
| writer4 = {{hlist|Turnstile|Justice Tripp}}
| length4 = 3:04
| title5 = Holiday
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Humanoid / Shake It Up
| length6 = 1:09
| title7 = Endless
| writer7 = {{hlist|Turnstile|Sam Trapkin}}
| length7 = 1:58
| title8 = Fly Again
| length8 = 2:31
| title9 = Alien Love Call
| note9 = featuring Blood Orange
| writer9 = {{hlist|Turnstile|Devonté Hynes}}
| length9 = 2:56
| title10 = Wild Wrld
| length10 = 2:54
| title11 = Dance-Off
| length11 = 2:09
| title12 = New Heart Design
| length12 = 2:27
| title13 = T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection)
| length13 = 1:42
| title14 = No Surprise
| length14 = 0:45
| title15 = Lonely Dezires
| note15 = featuring Blood Orange
| length15 = 2:43
| total_length = 34:51
}}
Notes
- All tracks are stylized in all caps.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Glow On{{cite AV media notes |title=Glow On |others=Turnstile |publisher=Roadrunner Records |year=2021 |type=liner notes |id=1-654153}} and Tidal.{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Credits / Glow On / Turnstile |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/193913258/credits |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=Tidal}}
Turnstile
- Brendan Yates – vocals (tracks 1–13, 15), co-production (all tracks), art direction
- Franz Lyons – bass (all tracks), vocals (tracks 6, 14)
- Brady Ebert – guitar (all tracks)
- Pat McCrory – guitar (all tracks)
- Daniel Fang – drums (tracks 1–13, 15)
Additional personnel
- Dev Hynes – vocals (tracks 9, 15), additional vocals (track 7)
- Julien Baker – additional vocals (track 4)
- Mike Elizondo – production (all tracks), drum programming (1–7, 10–13) synthesizer (tracks 1, 9–15)
- Adam Hawkins – mixing (all tracks)
- Lawson White – engineering (all tracks)
- Erica Block – assistant engineering (all tracks)
- Zachary Stokes – assistant engineering (all tracks)
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Alexis Jamet – cover, design
- Dewey Saunders – art direction
- Jimmy Fontaine – band photos
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Glow On ! scope="col"| Chart (2021–2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 September 2021|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1644|page=6|date=September 6, 2021}}
| 82 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|75|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|93|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|108|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=September 5, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|9|id=483266|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=September 5, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Hungary|25|year=2022|week=8|rowheader=true|access-date=March 4, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|22|date=20210903|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|98|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=September 12, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|30|artist=Turnstile|album=Glow On|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|62|date=20210903|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UKRock|2|date=20210903|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2021}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2021-09-10/|title=Billboard 200: Week of September 11, 2021|publisher=Billboard|access-date=November 26, 2021}}
| 30 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|2266555}}
{{Turnstile (band)}}
Category:Turnstile (band) albums