Turnover Announce Down On Earth, Their First Independent LP — Hear Two Singles

Turnover will self-release Down On Earth on 5/29, marking not just a new record but a clear break from the machinery that has surrounded them for the last decade. It is their sixth studio album and the band’s first independent outing after an era spent on Run For Cover Records that began in 2012.

The context matters. Last year the band honored the tenth anniversary of Peripheral Vision, a milestone that helped define their place in contemporary dream-pop. Their most recent studio LP arrived in 2022 as Myself In The Way, and now they’re resurfacing with a record made under different conditions: Down On Earth is the first without longtime producer Will Yip, and instead the band turned to Zac Montez, a front-of-house engineer who has worked with them on the road.

The rollout so far has been modest and deliberate. Two singles have been issued — “I See You And Realize” and “Nightjar” — the latter accompanied by a video from Ben Turok. Both tracks, by design or habit, sit in the band’s familiar register of languid, lackadaisical dream-pop, but the production switch and the move to self-release suggest Turnover are recalibrating how they want to present that sound.

Ben Turok

Beyond the record itself, Down On Earth comes as the band re-enters the festival circuit: Turnover are billed for Governors Ball and Bonnaroo this year, and they’ve announced an extensive summer run with Narrow Head and She’s Green. A separate marquee date at Red Rocks pairs them with Coheed And Cambria later in the season — a placement that gestures toward the larger touring life they’re stepping back into.

The decision to self-release is a pragmatic one with symbolic weight. Leaving Run For Cover severs a decade-long label relationship and hands the band more control at a moment when touring, sync, and direct-to-fan strategies often outweigh traditional label support. Working with Montez instead of Yip also signals a willingness to take the production reins inward, favoring someone who knows how the music reads live as much as how it sits in the studio.

For listeners, Down On Earth may not be a radical departure in tone — the singles lean on Turnover’s established palette — but the album’s circumstances are significant: a band reasserting ownership of their release strategy while aligning the studio work with the practical realities of life on the road.

Tracklist

1. Wheelie For No One
2. Nightjar
3. I See You And Realize
4. My Hand Is A Curtain
5. I’m Up, I’m Up
6. Pieces
7. Little Bees Don’t Bite
8. Ultrasensitive
9. Off Into The Lonesome Sky
10. Spade Head

Tour Dates

06/03 6 Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall*
06/05 6 Queens County, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival 2026
06/08 6 Albany, NY @ Empire Live*
06/09 6 Lakewood, OH @ The Roxy*
06/10 6 Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit*
06/11 6 Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs*
06/14 6 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/15 6 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm*
06/16 6 St. Augustine, FL @ Colonial Oak Music Park*
06/18 6 Miami, FL @ ZeyZey Miami*
06/19 6 Stuart, FL@ Terra Fermata*
06/20 6 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall*
06/23 6 McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey*
06/24 6 Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips FTW*
06/26 6 Santa Fe, NM @ The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company*
06/27 6 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace*
06/28 6 Arenas Valley, NM @ Whiskey Creek Z