Since this is their first tour with the new album, the anticipation to see how they would sound was insurmountably high. Iconic for their sophomore album, Peripheral Vision, they drastically altered their sound in Good Nature, shifting away from emo-esque influences and focusing solely on optimistic dream rock indie vibes. It feels like the right course of action for this Virginia Beach quartet.On October 18th, Turnover, the hallmark of Indie-Emo bands, played Exit/In, celebrating the release of their most recent album, Good Nature. Personally, I'm absorbed in the emotional toll of this album and can't wait to see how they move on from this. In its contemplative nature, Peripheral Vision will be either hit or miss that's for damn sure. In doing so, they've crafted a thoughtful, warm album that somehow comforts you amid so many tragic stories. They were good at what they did before but definitely felt like a few risks needed to be taken. It's an expansive and sincere addition to a band that again, ideally needed some differentiating, but more importantly, it's a deviation from the norm that works. Things feel like an organic evolution here and the music doesn't come off forced at all.

Sometimes, the record becomes too drowned in pop-melancholy and narrow but overall things really never get too one-tracked or one-dimensional (as per Title Fight's Hyperview).

Yup, that's the same dude who had a hand in re-purposing and engineering the new musical styles of bands like Pianos Become The Teeth and Title Fight. Especially when you consider Will Yip produced. Despite morphing into this new brand, Turnover still sticks to their melodic appeal and it's no surprise how their sophomore full-length has shaped up. It also feels much more optimistic than the majority of what Getz sings about. You get a strong shot of indie-pop off 'Take My Head' which is a wispy, breezy summer tune. Not everything's all gloom and doom though. 'Diazepam' is another of these dense, richly textured jams that really stand out as a haunting contrast to the lighhearted body of work casting a shadow from Turnover's past. There are a lot of moods wrapped up here as Getz comes off distant at times, then fuzzed out at others. 'Cutting Off My Fingers' and 'New Scream' illustrate this with their dark lyrics - descriptively gruesome but still poetically descriptive. Note, I'll admit that things do get a bit over-depressive at times but not enough to upset you or throw you off. The latter's vocals also feel withdrawn and depressive to match the broody layout of Peripheral Vision and this weighs so much on the listener. The levels of distortion and echo brought about the the pedal effect really work over Eric Soucy and Austin Getz on guitars and instrumentally, it jumps out at you off the cuff how shaken up and stirred things have become. Bits of shoegaze overlay a heavily built-up melodic stance by Turnover which leaves an album that old fans should embrace with an open mind. They're much more indie and shimmery as opposed to alternative or pop-punk this time around and feel more open.

Peripheral Vision sees a shift into a more moody, atmospheric musical style and one that's guided by their gradually growing influences as well as a desire not to be shoeboxed into one specific genre all the time. However, they've made it abundantly clear that with age comes change. Turnover's Magnolia was a pretty good pop-punk album, bordering between influences like Saves The Day and contemporaries/peers such as Transit.

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