PRESENTATION KEY SPEAKING POINTS:

· Band has been considering a “best of” vinyl for several years

· The band’s inclusion in the WA Museum Boola Bardip Innovations gallery for creative process using toy/ domestic keyboards prompted the band to move away from the best of idea and dedicate the release to their Casio-heavy material (which incidentally includes their much loved singles Spray Water On The Stereo and Purple Crown.

· Included is one new unreleased track “We Ran with The Pack” - a keyboard heavy/ fuzz fried anthem about the band’s experience and backstage brushes with successful, mainstream artists. Incidentally, the song uses a sample from Turnstyle’s 1998 tour video diary of a member of The Living End giving this advice to a member of Turnstyle: “You gotta go out there and tell ‘em you’re gonna rock ‘em like they’ve never been rocked before!” after a particularly poorly received show at the Gold Coast’s Playroom.

· Turnstyle are an Australian indie-rock band formed in 1995 by Adem Kerimofski (aka Adem K) and Paul Fanning. Fanning is related to actor Jackie Coogan, Uncle Fester from The Addams Family. They broke up in 2002 and reunited in 2010. By 1997 their second release took them from obscurity to the band of choice on line-ups and supports in mere months. In 1998, to support their EP "Seasides", they embarked on their first Australian tour and featured on ABC Television's 'Recovery'. A change in drummer reinvigorating the band, writing 30 songs in 6 months. They recorded their debut album Turnstyle Country in 1998/99 as a self-funded, unsigned band, eventually signing to Spunk! Records after being turned down by Sony for being too weird. The first single "Spray Water On The Stereo" gained monumental airplay and TV coverage, Reaching 16 on the ARIA alternative charts. The band toured throughout the year, joining Trans Am on tour and playing the Glenworth Valley Weekender. Over the next two years shows included tours with Guided By Voices and with their heroes Yo La Tengo.

· Spent musically, in the face of a changing industry and personalities, the band managed one more album, Turnstyle Corporation in 2001 shortly before announcing their breakup. Two sold-out shows heralded what became an 8-year hiatus. The band reunited in 2010, then -again in 2013 as a permanent reunion. They released the album Time Equals Function in 2015, mixed and mastered in London by Andy Ramsay of Stereolab. In 2018 Turnstyle released Happy Factories, a crisp record which eschewed pedestrian themes for more contemplative subject matter. The album features vocals by Pavement's Bob Nastanovich on one song.

· The band continues to play live shows in Australia.

KEY SUMMARY POINTS:

Igloo Records and Valve/Consume presents
SATURDAY MARCH, 27 8PM-11PM
THE 21ST AMENDMENT
– 11/663 NEWCASTLE ST, LEEDERVILLE WA
TURNSTYLE (album launch)
plus THE TIGERS & PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS (solo)
TICKETS FROM: www.valverecords.com.au

KEY NOTE SPEAKER – A Casio compilation
available on March 19 through Valve Records
www.valverecords.com.au
Visit the Innovations Gallery at the WA Museum Boola Bardip to
view Turnstyle’s Casio contribution to the creative arts process in Western Australia.