An easy hop from the carpet onto the workplace furnishings. A split-second survey of the viewers gathered. Two steps, then liftoff and barrel roll. Not solely does Brendan Yates execute the first-ever stage dive — and ensuing crowd surf — on the Tiny Desk, however he does so with athletic grace. That is how this Turnstile live performance ends, however not earlier than a wild reimagination of the hardcore band’s wide-ranging sound, that includes piano and a horn part.
Ever since its inception 15 years in the past, Turnstile has at all times turned its accessible, but esoteric influences into one thing of its personal. The roots are hardcore punk’s pace and volatility, however the itch to play with tonal, textural and rhythmic palettes has stored Baltimore’s personal stressed. That Turnstile solely performs tracks from NEVER ENOUGH right here might be seen as a dedication to the shiny sheen of the yr’s greatest hardcore album, however that simply seems to be a ruse.
A midtempo rocker turns into a madcap piano brawler. A punk rager spins on a topsy-turvy journey, skanking alongside the best way. Jangle-pop melancholia activates a Motown dime, shimmying right into a soul revue with the horns locked all the best way in. The anthem emerges as a reflective ballad — and as a method for Yates to specific his heartfelt gratitude towards the household, buddies and “private heroes” within the room. Simply once you suppose you recognize Turnstile — its sound, motivation, imaginative and prescient — there’s one other metamorphosis.
SET LIST
- “DREAMING”
- “SUNSHOWER”
- “I CARE”
- “NEVER ENOUGH”
- “BIRDS”
MUSICIANS
- Brendan Yates: vocals
- Pat McCrory: guitar
- Meg Mills: guitar
- Franz Lyons: bass
- Daniel Fang: drums
- Tobias Moody: saxophone
- Theljon Allen: trumpet
- Troy Lengthy: piano
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Lars Gotrich
- Director/Editor: Maia Stern
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Sofia Seidel
- Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
- Manufacturing Assistants: Dora Levite, Dhanika Pineda
- Photographer: Grace Raver
- Copy Editor: Daoud Tyler-Ameen
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton
