2008 Woodie Awards
Turnstiles draw on early influences for EP
Adam Templeton
Issue date: 8/21/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Some of The Turnstiles' songs sound a little different - and they should. Some tracks on their recently recorded EP "See Right Through" were nearly two years in the making.
"Some of the songs we just recorded we've been sitting on for two years," said Roland Fuoco, bass player for the Turnstiles. "When a song comes together, it's a great feeling."
Fuoco has been performing with the other half of The Turnstiles, Kevin Dean, since the two met while plinking around on a piano to pass the time during a break at a New York University orientation session.
"I played some songs I wrote with my band from high school and also some riffs or progressions I thought sounded cool, and Kevin did the same," Fuoco said. "It's funny 'cause that's pretty much how we still write music."
According to the band's Web site, The Turnstile's music sounds like sunshine. Fuoco said their music was influenced by bands that inspired to the two to pick up instruments. Learning to play somebody else's song lets you appreciate it on a whole new level, he added.
However, that doesn't mean the band's sound is similar to musical influences that shaped it.
"We never write songs with the intent of sounding like someone else," Fuoco said. "I've probably spent more time listening to Queens of the Stone Age albums than any other band, but you probably couldn't tell from the music I write with Kevin.
"Certain bands just get you excited about music when you begin to realize how beautiful their art is and how expressive they can be with the medium."
adamtempleton@dailynebraskan.com
"Some of the songs we just recorded we've been sitting on for two years," said Roland Fuoco, bass player for the Turnstiles. "When a song comes together, it's a great feeling."
Fuoco has been performing with the other half of The Turnstiles, Kevin Dean, since the two met while plinking around on a piano to pass the time during a break at a New York University orientation session.
"I played some songs I wrote with my band from high school and also some riffs or progressions I thought sounded cool, and Kevin did the same," Fuoco said. "It's funny 'cause that's pretty much how we still write music."
According to the band's Web site, The Turnstile's music sounds like sunshine. Fuoco said their music was influenced by bands that inspired to the two to pick up instruments. Learning to play somebody else's song lets you appreciate it on a whole new level, he added.
However, that doesn't mean the band's sound is similar to musical influences that shaped it.
"We never write songs with the intent of sounding like someone else," Fuoco said. "I've probably spent more time listening to Queens of the Stone Age albums than any other band, but you probably couldn't tell from the music I write with Kevin.
"Certain bands just get you excited about music when you begin to realize how beautiful their art is and how expressive they can be with the medium."
adamtempleton@dailynebraskan.com
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