Turnover Blends Emo, Punk, Pop at Fillmore Detroit
Virginia Beach band Turnover has a certain mysticism about them. The band itself is a smooth blend of Emo, Punk, Dream Pop, and indie pop. Their sound is a little of each without focusing too much on any specific genre. Sonically, the band feels like falling in love just as much as it feels like falling out of love; it’s a bittersweet look at the ghost of a past memory that refuses to let you forget about how good it once felt. Turnover is a band that no matter how you attempt to describe their sound, it ultimately doesn’t quite matter. It’s more about how their music makes the listener feel that describes what the band aims for. Turnover throws a blanket of nostalgia at you and expects you to catch it. Sure, it’s dreamy, but it’s also intriguingly gut-wrenching.
With well over 250 million streams documented on Spotify at the time of this article, their fans have by far chosen the band’s sophomore album, “Peripheral Vision,” as the most popular example of Turnover’s special blend. An album layered in ever-expanding reverb and topped with lyrics that describe various stories of slipping deep into longing for a person that you couldn’t have. It’s Galaxie 500 post-emo revival.
While not nearly as popular in its release year of 2015, ten years of becoming an indie cult classic have given this record an almost timeless status. Embarking on a 38-stop tour, Turnover played this album in full for the first time in the band’s career. On April 28th, 2025, Turnover reminded the fans at The Fillmore Detroit that this record still makes the cut. Playing every song from their sophomore album, followed by a mix of newly unreleased content and hits from other records. Totaling at 18 songs, this show was a memorable ride from the moment it started until the moment it ended.
The album ‘Peripheral Vision’ itself is an emotional ride from front to back. With lyrics like “I closed my eyes and suddenly we were attached. You stayed with me after the moment passed, I felt you buried deep under my chest like my lungs when I’m breathing in” off the song “Like Slow Disappearing,” and the down-beat shoegaze-like instrumental heard in “Threshold,” the band wants to pull at the listener’s heartstrings. In many ways, the atmosphere that the live performance captured came across similarly in its emotional reach with the mood that Turnover’s production set into place.
With Turnover, the atmosphere seemed to be the main driving point of their presentation. The live mixing was extremely close and, at parts, almost indistinguishable from the recorded album, most notably was the attention to detail within the high and low ends of the audio. The reverberation of the guitars and the crunch of the bass could be felt as clear as day from as close as the stage and as far as the last row of the pit. Sonically, the band had an ever-expanding and loose sound to them while still keeping very tightly in time with one another.
Visually, the imagery of the show was incredibly unique in comparison to other live performances of bands similar to them. The lighting was darker and moody but had a comfortable warmth to it. Tones of blue and a burnt orange cascade against a backdrop of white streamers in this snug visual embrace. It created this uniquely starry-eyed environment that set a tone noticeably comparable to the album’s cover; a girl looking straight at the viewer behind shattered glass and dark red tones.
Turnover’s set in every way felt more this grand set piece rather than a typical performance with the band’s attention to every small detail acting as a satisfying and fulfilling homage to their album.
Simply put, Turnover crafted a special experience with this tour. While Peripheral Vision may have already been out for 10 years prior, their presentation of the album was new and refreshing in a way that felt like discovering the material for the very first time. Much like a person’s initial discovery of a specific album or song, this show was something that truly will never be able to be replicated. If you missed this performance, you won’t get another chance to experience that high again. In Turnover’s defense, it feels better that way anyway.
Support Turnover by checking out their 10 year anniversary edition Peripheral Vision on vinyl through Run For Cover’s website or by supporting any future releases by the band on all available streaming services.