The Joy in Grief and Love: Turnover
The Joy in Grief and Love
Turnover
03.23.24 - Tampa’s Orpheum
4-7 Minute Read
Written by Caitlin Tuel for Dual Muse Magazine
Photo by Caitlin Tuel for Dual Muse Magazine
I believe it nearly impossible to find someone who does not have what I like to call a “comfort record” - an album or an EP located somewhere within your top twenty that you always cycle back to. It’s nearly like an old friend, a warm cup of tea, and a nice nap. Alternatively, you’re listening to it in a mental spiral and it’s a cure - of sorts. While I understand this all carries a significant lack of eloquence, there is no other way to put it besides the following: Turnover is always around when I require that cure, and when something troubling is happening in my life. Like many in the scene, I hail Turnover’s Peripheral Vision as that comfort record. It is a work of art, such as their shows and performances.
Hailing from Virginia Beach, VA, Turnover consists of four members: brothers Austin and Casey Getz on lead vocals and drums, Daniel Dempsey on bass, and guitarist Nick Rayfield. A collective discography containing six albums (one being the deluxe edition of Myself in the Way, released as recently as this past Friday! Stream it on Spotify here), Three EPs, and one split with Citizen. It is truly difficult for me to think of a band or artist that carries a more varied discography than Turnover. You will always find something that you enjoy within their discography.
As a note of vulnerability, I’m unsure whether it is just luck, but Turnover has managed to be around at some of the lowest points in my life. Five days after losing my father, Turnover was in town, and I was grieving on the barricade - we all grieve differently, I chose to do it to Take My Head. My dad and I loved music and would share our vinyl collection and our music files for his Zune. (I need to emphasize, it was not an iPod, but a Zune.) I would always recommend music to him and send him records, and naturally Turnover was within the mix. I’d like to think he enjoyed it, as such a large part of the Turnover discography is so reminiscent to me of Roger Waters and Pink Floyd, his all-time favorite. A notable example of this being Tears of Change, something I was lucky enough to hear live the first time I saw the group tour for Myself in the Way
While I am simply just “going through it” as the kids say within the past month after leaving the education field - thankfully not dealing with bereavement at the stage this time, I got to witness art and innovation, improvisation, as well as a roaring crowd. While it is always fun to return to the Orpheum, it’s an inside show with the vulnerability between fan and artists as well as bookings with incredible openers including MSPaint, Drook, and The Gas (hailing from Hattiesburg MS, Richmond, VA, and South Florida, respectively) that will keep me returning to the Orpheum - even if I miss the old location terribly. Quite frankly, I feel as if I stood there for a good ten minutes wondering if MSPaint was a Homestuck or MsPaintAdventures reference. It’s a significant con of growing up in the early oughts. Yet despite a flashback to my tweens, Turnover is a band that nobody can regret seeing, even if they have technical difficulties mid-show - it truly does not matter. They push through and will replace the setlist with old favorites. At the end of the day, after over a decade of music, Turnover will still amaze you and find a different way to whenever you see them in a live setting.
While I hate to admit that the memes about Turnover and Peripheral Vision are true, they unfortunately are. No matter how loud I was to Plant Sugar; the crowd and the band both want a ten-year-old record. I believe it serves as an interesting point of frustration for the group - personally, it would leave me in a state of stagnation. While Peripheral Vision may be an immaculate record filled with literary magic and technical feats miraculously aligning with music theory - Turnover’s other records hold the same promise. I hope you find your new favorite.
Turnover is heading to Mexico and Central America this May, and across the pond to the UK this June. Find tickets here. If you have a chance to see them, I implore you to do so.
Find Turnover on Instagram, Twitter, and Spotify. MSPaint can be found on on Instagram, Bandcamp, and Spotify. The Gas can be found on Instagram and Spotify, and Drook can be located on Instagram, Twitter, and Bandcamp as well.