Interview Turnover: “We’ll definitely keep changing things up”

This is the first time we’ve done real support tours and that’s be a crazy fun experience. It’s awesome to play for people who don’t know anything about our band. We were also really taken back by the response we got from people on the new stuff. None of us were expecting it.

Just growing up, honestly. I'd say this is our first release as “adults”. We found a lot of new bands, went through different things in life, and saw places around the world. It’s crazy when bands just keep putting out the same kind of record every few years.

Not really, we just wrote what we wanted and put it out. We’ve never been a band that’s thought about what people think of us.

There’s honestly way too many to list. We spend most of the year in our van browsing through bands on Spotify.

We felt like that song was our first step at walking away from our old style and the song didn’t get enough attention on the label the split came out with. It wasn’t hard at all, we just stripped it down a little.

That tour was a lot of fun but I don’t think it was the best for us. At that point we were playing 80% songs from 'Peripheral Vision' and the record wasn’t even out. I think 'Cutting My Fingers Off' was released and we were selling it for $1 on a burned cd. People were definitely a little confused about us not playing older songs, we were just ready to drop the new record and move on.

Again, the list is too long. I’ll just give you some current bands I like. Royal Headache, Alex G, Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils, Sheer Mag, Title Fight, David Bazan.

Music just does that. Styles of music will be popular for a few years and then they’ll just fall off completely. I wouldn’t say Run For Cover is following any sort of trend but if they didn’t evolve with the rest of the world they’d fade out.

Yip is everything. I think people will be talking about the things he’s accomplished forever. He’s so important to alternative music. Working with him is the best thing that’s ever happened to our band. He’s pushed us and every other band that works with him to be exactly what they want to be. He’s really good at helping bands find their sound. We owe a lot Will.

He was all about it. He’s basically the fifth member of Turnover. When we started doing pre-production he was just as excited as we were with the songs.

We’ve never been afraid to put anything out. Everyone goes through different issues, big and small. Our songs have helped people get through stuff way bigger than anything we’ve ever dealt with and you never know what your art could do for someone else.

We’re dropping some new songs, playing shows on 5 different continents, and who knows what else. Hopefully more new experiences.

We’ll definitely keep changing things up but I’d say we’re happier with who we are now more than ever. You’ll see in a few months.

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