This led to Casey playing drums with a group of longtime friends in Virginia Beach and further developing his drumming style - adding a new prowess for fluidity and improvisation through lengthy jam sessions with the group. Through this, he was able to nurture current relationships more and find new ones, something touring made much more difficult. He was in search of and inspired by having a work-life balance different than he’d experienced since he was younger. Drummer Casey Getz found work at a Virginia Beach state park as touring continued to be postponed. He painted the album’s cover during this period and developed a style that has become a central theme for the band in its current iteration. Bass player Dan Dempsey was in New York City and responded to lockdown by spending more time practicing his visual art in drawing and painting. Turnover’s other members also used the time to deepen interests they hadn’t been able to fully explore before covid. Just do a bunch of new things to challenge and inspire me in a natural way.” I was able to go meditate at the Zen Buddhist dojo down the road, run and bike around the hills in Sonoma county, learn about plants and gardening, take some Spanish and arboriculture classes, and get involved with the volunteer fire department. “I was living in Sebastopol, California at the time and felt like I truly lived there for the first time since I wasn’t leaving for tour. “I can’t put myself in the way of love again,” sings Getz, “I promise I’m going to go all the way with you,” is specifically about Getz getting engaged to his longtime partner, but applies to the general outlook he had toward life in lockdown. The title track of the band’s new album, Myself in the Way, speaks to this mindset. Instead of thinking about the things covid was taking from me I wanted to focus on what it could give me,” says singer Austin Getz. “I tried to be as positive as possible about the change in my life. In their time away from the road, the band had the opportunity to explore and deepen aspects of their lives that they hadn’t been able to in the past. Since 2012, the band has been touring full time, averaging 200 shows each year. In early 2020, Turnover were touring Europe fresh off a US tour for their new album, Altogether.Īs the pandemic caused borders to begin closing in around them, the band cut the tour short and got one of the last flights home - not knowing stages around the world would be dark for almost two years. When you come to bed at like 5 in the morning Lately I found it hard to care about the things Slept in again until it felt too late to do a single thing Took off without letting anyone know i was going I find myself hoping I didn't wait too longīut you need somebody to paint all your dreamsīut you want me to tell you about what it meansĭo those faces mean that I’m not making sense? I don't think I like having these bright ideas And I told them that I was too busy to helpįeeling if I didn't know better'd say boredīut I feel too tired to move from the floor
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