Turnstyle

Turnstyle are punching the clock and returning to the stage for the first time since April 2022 when they joined their heroes Custard on their WA tour.Now a decade into their permanent reunion – a tenure exceeding their original 1995-2002 existence – Perth guitar-vs-Casio wunderkinds Turnstyle are launching their fifth album, Citizens’ Handbook.Turnstyle will be playing selections from the album along with fan favourites Spray Water on the Stereo, Novak’s Plan, I’m a Bus, Purple Crown (add about 10 more!) and recent gems.Recorded in-house by Adem K at his Future Ranch studio with fellow band members PJ, GMC and Dean J Davies helping to oversee all aspects of production, Citizen’s Handbook finds the innocent indie kids of yore now a little more world-wisened. Mind you, how could you not be?Everything that takes a long time in making music has taken even longer over the last few years. The album’s first single, the rousing We Ran with the Pack, was recorded during the pandemic and released in 2021, with the rest of the album recorded throughout 2022.“We took a less is more approach,” Adem K explains, “keeping the production quick and dirty to some extent, because of the pandemic and life in general. Drum machines were used more predominantly, much like our first record.”With a history and a present like this, let’s certainly hope so. The stage is waiting.