Nashville quartet Turbo Fruits definitely have all the energy and the non-saccharine sweetness that their name implies, and fourth album No Control is a solid 11-track collection of crisp, hook-filled garage-pop songs about love, drugs, death and other rock’n’roll concerns. Produced by Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, the album breezes along like the springtime, balancing power-pop gems like the quit-while-we’re-ahead plea “Don’t Let Me Break Your Heart Again” with weightier fare like the alcoholic confession “Friends.”
“No Control is my favorite Turbo Fruits album yet,” says Fruits singer/guitarist Jonas Stein. “We put some real heart and soul into it. Partying and getting laid is fun but this go around we had some real life heartache going on. I stayed sober for two months and it really peeled the Band-Aid off of some deep seeded emotions.” Stream the album below, which sees official release April 20 on Melvin Records / Thirty Tigers, and check out the band’s upcoming North American tour dates as well.
Turbo Fruits Tour Dates:
April 18 – Nashville, TN @ Grimey’s Records (in store)
April 18 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement (record release show) *
April 19 – Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz*
April 20 – Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain*
April 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy *
April 24 – San Diego, CA @ The Merrow *
April 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar*
April 28 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios*
April 29 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern*
May 1 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fallout Art Center*
May 2 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club*
May 3 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door*
May 4 – Detroit, MI @ Huma Room @ Hop Cat*
May 5 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe*
May 6 – Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog*
May 7 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose*
May 9 – Boston, MA @ Bill’s Bar (Radio BDC)
May 10 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel^
May 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg^
May 12 – Malta, NY @ Nanola
May 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle^
May 15 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint^
May 16 – Lancaster, PA @ Lizard Lounge^
June 20 – Birmingham, AL @ Happenin’ Fest
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* with Eternal Summers
^ with Surfer Blood
