Turbo Fruits | The Way I Want You

The thing about Nashville, Tennessee is that it's not a "scene" in the way you think about Athens, or Portland, or that Gen X fairy tale known as the Seattle grunge phenomenon. Nashville creates, connects, and exports all of the world's music; from billboard hot 100 pablum like Taylor Swift and Ke$ha, to countrypolitan acts like Darius Rucker, to a stylish mid-level gatekeepers like Jack White. However, the most enjoyable stuff out of the city is probably the kind of butt wiggling garage thrash you can literally find in garages on the city's east side. Turbo Fruits will always be one of the first names that come up when this faction is discussed, but with their newer material they've polished it up quite a bit. Now hold on, because I know that you're going to historically avoid it when a trashy band smears themselves with studio majick, but Turbo Fruits have moved slightly lateral with their songwriting and the result is surprisingly perfect. It exists in the nexus of the nineties, somewhere between Dinosaur Jr. b-sides and MTV Buzz Bin compilations. If you're unfamiliar with their history, "The Way I Want You" is actually a good place to start, which can rarely be said of acts that are more than two songs deep. 

Turbo Fruits, No Control, is out on April 20th, 2015 on Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers

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