Turnstile’s Never Enough record is a fun musical listen.

Turnstile calls Columbus, Ohio home during the Baltimore band’s sold-out Columbus shows. Turnstile’s bassist Franz Lyons is from Columbus.

Franz skateboarded with Embassy Boardshop. Franz played at the DIY Hardcore house Legion of Doom. Franz frequented Sole Classics which is owned by OSU legend Pepper Johnson’s son, Buckeye Dionte Johnson. Sole Classics brought Kendrick Lamar into town for Kendrick’s first Columbus show.

Franz kicked it at Cafe Bourbon Street’s So What Wednesdays with Ahmed Gallab of Sinkane. Turnstile’s Columbus shows feel like large versions of the Columbus Franz is from. Kids are moshing with PMA everywhere.

Turnstile’s Never Enough album is releasing after Turnstile toured the entire globe. Turnstile played Lollapolloozas in several continents.  Turnstile rocked Dodger Stadium with Tyler, The Creator’s festival. Turnstile followed their sold-out homecoming Columbus show with arena tours with My Chemical Romance, and Blink 182.

Never Enough is Turnstile’s 2025 release.

I’ve known Franz for years. Franz is an example of Columbus, Ohio’s counterculture culminations.

Easiest explanation Turnstile’s Never Enough.

Turnstile’s genre: Hardcore. Turnstile is a Hardcore band experimenting. Turnstile follows a premise of counterculture that’s existed since grunge.

Franz took bass lessons from Fugazi’s Joe Lally while Never Enough was in evolution. There isn’t anything that sounds like Fugazi during Turnstile’s Never Enough album. Franz did sound like Joe Lally during other Turnstile releases.

Turnstile is a study in a Hardcore band who explored expansion from three chord punk.

Turnstile’s Never Enough could almost be simplified with this:                         

Turnstile’s Meg Mills hardcore guitar bursts sequence with ambient Arthur Russell meets Charlemagne Palestine extended breaks. Franz works with drummer Daniel Fang in the rhythm section of Turnstile. Turnstile utilized sample students Badbadnotgood instrumentalists, Ghostface, and Tyler, The Creator worked with Badbadnotgood previously. Badbadnotgood, and El Michel’s Affair are bands who study production samples and expand into music which sounds like it’s from the 1970’s.

Never Enough’s ambience, harmonies, and tranquil dissonance eliminate all fears of the fact that Turnstile hardcore background is embraced by people who like emo-core, and other genres of unlistenable Hardcore. Unlistenable hardcore is natural in Turnstile’s culture.

Turnstile exists in organics of extreme music which attracts rebellious energy. Turnstile’s understanding of the entirety of punk invites everyone into the pit. Turnstile’s “cool” chooses sounds which don’t irritate me without losing the nature of hardcore culture.

Youth of today like fun.

Never Enough is the first Turnstile record completely absent of Rage Against The Machine fragmented into At-The-Drive-In naive indie rock almost metal with accidental funk-rock because proto-thrash Suicidal Tendencies is a hardcore tangent.

Funk-rock isn’t the bigger scare. Nu metal is the worst possible result of punk’s evolution.

A history of skate rock found the X Games in the late 90s which gives all kinds of bastardizations of pure music.

We don’t find anything from Never Enough which resembles Nu metal.

Never Enough does contain New Wave elements where Talking Heads/Duran Duran could find LCD Soundsystem’s lineage. New Wave is a direction punk followed. I like Blondie. Nine-tenths of Never Enough doesn’t sound like Talking Heads/ Duran Duran. I’m still laughing at the idea that Duran Duran keeps finding their influence onto Turnstile’s sound. I feel like Funk Metal and Duran Duran’s strumming is near each other.

I like P-Funk. I like Talking Heads. Would you like a New Wave Funk-Metal band? I like Chic’s Good Times.

For the most part, Turnstile Never Enough is ambient hardcore.

Never Enough’s Hardcore purity explosion is heard from Turnstile guitarist Meg Mills quick SSDecontrol and Gauze fretwork breathe with French outfit AIR which adds texture into Turnstile’s Never Enough compositions.

I’m sure Meg likes other hardcore bands, which I don’t. I would imagine Pat McCrory and Brendan Yates also know about hardcore bands that I don’t like. I know Franz likes hardcore bands that I don’t.

For the sake of common taste, we all like Bad Brains.

In that idea of culture, Turnstile isn't overtly political during songs.

Brendan Yates sings about relationships for the majority of Never Enough. While Turnstile lyrics are occupied with the interpersonal human conditions. Turnstile isn’t afraid of politics in their band culture.

Turnstile made public their support of women’s reproductive freedom by signing a Planned Parenthood flyer while Republicans were in a process of banning abortion.

Other names from that pro-choice flyer included Pat Carney of the Black Keys, the Roots, Kim Gordon, Sleater Kinney, Soccer Mommy and various alternative rock icons.

Which again beg the questions, is Turnstile an alternative rock band? Is Turnstile still hardcore? Is Ambient Hardcore a thing?

Would you like Amethyst Sunset pleasant noise with SST’s Descendents?

Hayley Williams and Blood Orange are both guests from Turnstile’s Seein Stars from Never Enough.Daniel Fang plays drums with a sophistication which kinda makes all of Turnstile’s influences work together in an organic culture.

Turnstile’s Daniel Fang’s August 15, 2017 social media post about Palestine:

“I fully acknowledge the colonialist, apartheid state of Israel and am verily against the Israeli government's systematic oppression of Palestinians. I believe that special interests of economic-military-industrial powers cause this aggression -- and that ethnic hate speech distracts us from this issue. I believe that to erode cultural conflict, it is critical that we make an effort to connect with people. I support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and any effort to nonviolently pressure Israel's government to grant Palestinians basic human rights. I also believe in playing a DIY hardcore show to Israelis.”

“I believe this aligns with the ideology of the BDS movement, and does not violate its integrity. I believe in getting paid nothing to travel across the world so that I can connect with people who are also frustrated with their government's imperialist militaries.

I believe in the power of hardcore-punk music as a subversive force against power structures. Being in a touring American band has given me the privilege to enter Israel and have a voice. For over six decades, Palestinians have not been able to enjoy such a privilege. We will be playing one show in Tel Aviv. The next day we we will be visiting Palestine and meeting with Palestinian activists. Turnstile will use this opportunity to spread awareness and to start discussions -- to examine human rights organizations more carefully, and to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a whole.”

“I try to keep politics off of social media. But I have realized it is irresponsible not to make a clear political statement about Turnstile's decision to play Tel Aviv. Turnstile is not an overtly "political band." Our music focuses on introspective change and growth. However, playing Israel is an inherently politically charged action and we will treat it as such. Thank you to the socially progressive promoter of our show and the punks of Tel Aviv.”

“Thank you to everyone who has reached out to share their opinions and ideas. Thank you to everyone who has answered our calls and responded to our questions. In the last 72 hours we have spoken with American, Israeli, and Palestinian journalists, filmmakers, conflict resolution activists, cultural educators, close friends, and complete strangers. All of us in Turnstile have become more informed of this exceedingly complex sociopolitical issue. Every Palestinian we have spoken to is supportive of us coming to the Middle East and putting forth effort to connect with real humans, instead of solely relying on the internet as an educational tool. I believe the most productive action is to travel places, meet people, and start dialogue. So please feel free to message me or to approach me at a show and start a conversation.”

Turnstile continued their opposition of oppression of Palestinians during their 2025 Never Enough release events.

Would you consider Turnstile a political band?

Culture affects politics.

PMA….

Turnstile’s  Never Enough recommended songs: Never Enough, Dreaming,  Sunshower, Birds, Magic Man

I recommend the entire Turnstile record Never Enough if ambient Hardcore sounds like ur thing.