Turn
Cyprus Avenue
Wed 14 Dec 2005
Doors: 9:00 pm
€12.50
Turn is the eponymous third album from the Dublin-based rock band. Recorded over three months with Ronan McHugh (Wilt, Revelino, Def Leppard) on production duties, at Grouse Lodge in Westmeath and at Joe Elliott's (Def Leppard) home studio, Turn is the sound of a band at the peak of their songwriting and musical powers, effortlessly combining power and melody into a totally hummable, infectious whole.
“This is the most straightforward pop/rock album we've ever recorded,” enthuses frontman Ollie Cole. “In many ways, we've come full circle. Ronan McHugh was the first person we ever recorded with and we've been through a lot of experimentation since, but we're back with the catchiest songs we've ever written.”
Turn features live favourites, `Sorry's Just A Word' and `It's About Nothing', as well as the delicate `Close Your Eyes' and the Stones-ish shuffle of `All These Days'. One of the album's stand-outs, forthcoming single `Stop' is alreadly garnering massive attention. Indeed, the song plays a pivotal role in the new Samantha Mumba movie, Boy Eats Girl.
And now for the science bit:
Turn were formed in 1998 by long-time friends Ollie Cole (vocals, guitars) and Ian Melady (drums). Since then they've released two albums, 2000's Antisocial (Infectious) and 2003's Forward, on their own Nurture label, which crashed straight into the Irish Top Twenty. They've built up a reputation as one of the finest live bands to grace a stage, with ever-growing audiences enraptured by their captivating stage presence and quality tunesmithery, including a stunning performance at this year's Oxegen Festival.
Turn finished 2004 on a high, scoring highly in the prestigious Hot Press Readers Poll, where music fans voted them No. 5 Best Band and No. 6 Best Live band. Forward was named No. 7 Best Album, while frontman Ollie Cole was voted No. 4 Best Irish Musician, No. 6 Best Irish Male and No. 8 Best Irish Songwriter.
They signed to celebrated London-based independent label Setanta (The Divine Comedy, A House) in early 2005 and set about recording their third album, only taking a break to wow the Oxegen crowd with what was arguably their finest gig to date in a packed Green Room. Armed with their strongest collection of songs yet, Turn are ready to hit the road again, with a string of live dates lined up for the autumn.
